News Archive - October 2003
10-28-2003
Net Enigma. Babble babble, bitch bitch - Ralph
Terrible weekend for my sports teams.
Dallas took on Tampa Bay and got blanked. Terrible.
But the worst was the sad showing that the Yanks made in game 6 of the World Series. It was just plain painful to watch. Shut out by a big, 23 year old Texan, the Yanks will have to wait for next year. I have a feeling that the team will be gutted in the off-season.
I'd expect to see some changes at 3rd, Soriano will probably move if not go away. Bernie may be an endangered species at center and who know what will happen at pitcher. Wells has an option that I could see the Yanks pass on after his game 5 showing...or, no showing as it was. Petit wants to be closer to Texas and he's a free agent this year. Who knows.
Musina, Contreras and Hammond might be the 3-man rotation at starting pitcher next year. Hahaha!
Oh, and before I forget, Ernie over at EHOWA is cheering that the Yanks lost. Just a reminder, buddy, they still made the Bo Sox their bitch on the way to the Series.
Iraq
So that country is turning into a bad scene. The nightly news has to point out all the bad stuff that is going on over there, but I can't believe that it's all that terrible. We must be making some progress. I'd like to see a story about that sometime.
But, at the same time, I have to think that we need something to happen soon to stop the bloodshed. Like, maybe, stringing up Saddam in the public square in Baghdad. That might put an end to some of this.
Why Would You...
Live in California? Earthquake, shit falls in the ocean. Rolling power black-outs, high property prices and gas is out of this world. Arnold is governor and now, shit's burning up at an incredibly fast pace.
I'll take upstate NY or even PA. Sure, taxes are a bitch in NY also, and there aren't a ton of jobs, but I don't pay $2000 for a 500 square foot apartment, my neighborhood doesn't burn down on a yearly basis and the only rocking my building is doing is if a washing machine gets lopsided in the basement.
Halloween 2003!
It's just 4 days away, boys and girls. Finley's 2003 Halloween bash kicks off Saturday night in Quakertown. Drink, drank, drunk. I foresee drunken singing in the kitchen with Mike-Dog again this year.
Last year was a mess, I can't begin to imagine this year...
10-17-2003
Net Enigma. Too happy to sleep.
It took 11 full innings of championship play but with one swing of the bat, Aaron Boone took Tim Wakefield deep to left field on his first pitch. A quick 450 foot trot and the Yankees are in the World Series!
What a game. I didn't think it was going to happen but when Giambi, batting 7th, pulled out of his slump to take Pedro deep TWICE! I started to have hope.
Game 1 Saturday night when the Marlins come to town.
10-9-2003
Net Enigma. "Twenty-three is old. It's almost 25 which is almost mid 20's." - Jessica Simpson (Big-E wonders: Just what DOES constitute mid 20's?)
I have to say that I'm not a fan of school dress codes, but, if you happen to go to a school that has one then you're stuck with it. I worked an office job where button-down shirts with a tie and slacks was the code. If I wore something different, I had a boss to answer too. There weren't exceptions to it.
So, I don't think that a school with a dress code is any different. You have to go by the rules. Well, unless you're Muslim and get suspended for wearing your hijab. Then you're being singled out for religious beliefs.
Horseshit. If the Jewish kids can't wear their yarmulke and, as a hardcore Yankees fan (during the playoffs no less), I wouldn't be able to wear a hat, then your hijab is out too. No exceptions. If this school in Muskogee let's this kid wear her head wrap then they need to repeal the entire rule and I don't think they should have to because I don't feel that someone should get an exception for something like this.
It's like the broad in Florida a while back that refused to have her drivers license picture taken without her veil on (don't get me started on that one).
This country is one of the few places on the planet where you can freely practice your religion without any interference. Where you can wear your yarmulke or your hijab or your crucifix out in public without starting a clan war. But when the rules say no head gear, no head gear. If I can't say "God" in the middle of the Pledge of Allegiance or a courthouse in the south can't have the 10 Commandments in the lobby then you're fucking scarf is out too!
Brawl!
Yanks had a little brawl last night on their way to a 4-3 win over the Bo-Sox. Oh, well. Hope Zim is okay. But, don't worry, Yankees will finish off the Sox in 2 more games anyway.
More Stupidity from Cali
The MPAA, in true RIAA fashion, is out to hurt the little guy. In the RIAA's case it's the consumer that feeds them, in the MPAA's case it's the little independent director hoping to get an Oscar nod for his/her film. This year, no DVD's or videos will be released to voting members of the Academy.
Good thing Halle got her Oscar last year because, let's face it, good movie or not, 5 people saw her Monster's Ball" in theaters and never would have remembered it come Oscar time.
10-9-2003
Net Enigma. Working on my day off.
So, you wanna know who won the "128 Hottest Chicks we could think of...at the time" contest?
In a surprise upset and a 1 vote margin, Elisha Cuthbert comes out a winner over Angelina Jolie!!!
It was a shock for me, for Ralph and I'm sure a lot of others out there, but in a 13-12 split, Elisha was able to defeat Jolie. Up till this round Jolie had racked up 129 votes and in the case of a tie, she would have defeated Cuthbert's 118. But, that was not to be.
Jolie jumped out front with a 7-3 lead but over the course of the week Cuthbert slowly worked her way back up until it was a virtual tie for the last 3 days of the vote. Over those three days several votes came in and the lead went back-and-forth till the final day. Yesterday the final vote came in and that tilted the vote in Cuthbert's favor.
So, here she is, Elisha Cuthbert
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Told you.
Yankees pulled out a win a home last night in game 2 of the ALCS. Now they are off to Boston for game 3 Saturday. The Rocket will be on the mound for the Yanks. Should be a good show.
Bullshit
Yesterday I mentioned about how the music industry has a new software solution to stop pirating of CD's and how I thought it was bogus.
Now, today, the guy at Princeton that published the paper talking about how turning Autoplay off or holding the Shift key down while inserting a CD could bypass the security is being sued. The company that developed the technology is suing him under the DCMA. Another fucking law, sort of like CIPA, that just doesn't get it. Here's the article.
Basically the company that designed this half-assed attempt at thwarting CD copying is embarrassed that their idea just simply sucked and now they are looking for a way to save face. Because, what else could it be? I can't believe that they seriously developed this and then sold it without knowing that it didn't work 100% of the time. They probably just thought that since Autoplay was on by default in Windows that this would work and nobody would be any wiser.
This Princeton guy calls them on it and now what? Now the world knows that their protection is crappy so, of course, someone else must be to blame. Call the lawyers.
I hope they lose the case because if they don't, it sets a terrible precedent.
10-9-2003
Net Enigma. Bleery eyed.
I have no idea what happened to the Yankees last night, but when Mussina gets shelled for 3 homers in 5 innings you know it's not going to be good. But, that's just game 1. Petit is up next for the Yanks.
Introducing...
Robert Mason Campbell. Seth and Joey's baby boy is home from the hospital and here's the picture to prove it!
VOTE!
You have 24 hours left to vote in the championship round. It's a dead heat, boys and girls. Get yer votes in now!
They don't get it
I don't think the music industry really gets it. They're going after file sharers, they're trying to put software technology on disks to prevent copying. What next?
A year or so ago the "new" thing in protecting CD's was to put a text file at the beginning of the disk. A regular CD player ignored it and the disk played but a CD-ROM drive would read the text file and not let you get to the tracks. That "protection" could be bypassed by a strategic line with a Sharpie marker.
Now they're looking at this new software driver of some sort to protect CD's. Only problem? Turing off Autoplay on your CD-Rom drive, or holding the Shift key down when inserting a disk, defeats it.
I think the industry just needs to wake up and realize that the cat is out of the bag. There isn't really much they can do with the current technology to defeat disk copying. Unless they want to gradually alienate their customer base by doing things like forcing people to buy new CD players with decoding chips in them or something, they're fucked.
They should just embrace the sharing sites out there that have extended an invitation of partnership in file sharing. If the music companies would put their entire music libraries on the Internet and make them available for download for a small fee, they'd clean up.
The technology is there to do that, instead of trying to fight the entire music-listening world, try to work with it.
10-8-2003
Net Enigma. All I ask of you, remember my name.
Wholly Jesus! Ahhnold is now the Governator.
Meanwhile...
Back in NY and all across the nation, don't call me and I certainly won't call you, motherfuckers! The national Do Not Call list is now back IN!
I don't want siding, windows, I don't want my picture taken, I don't need a loan, a vacuum cleaner or a magazine subscription. I don't care about starving kids in Africa or the plight of some animal in some country I can't find on a map. I don't want diet pills and I don't need to buy the 5th season of "Highlander" on DVD. I don't do surveys and could care less which party you are running for in the next Senate election. And now, it's illegal for you to call me!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Good week
The Cowboys won last weekend to get to 3-1 on the season and the Yankees are in the ALCS against archrival Boston. Awesome.
Countdown...
This is your 2 day warning! You have 48 hours to get your vote in for either Angelina Jolie or Elisha Cuthbert in the "128 Hottest Chicks" contest. I have to tell you, if the voting ended right now...Man, I'm not even going to go there.
Let's just say that the vote is so sickeningly close that I can't stand it.
EVERY vote counts at this point. There is no Ahhnold, no Busta Rhymes and no Gray Davis in this election, just two great sets of boobs and YOU, the faithful Net Enigma readers, get to choose. Rock on!
On a side note, Ralphus and I are coming up with ideas for a T-shirt that will be sent to the winner of this contest. Seriously, it's on. So choose well because the winner of this contest just may find out what you guys think!
10-7-2003
Net Enigma. And I don't need to be another lost soul, can't find home!
This is just fucking perfect. We set a precedent when we went into Iraq without world approval. Now Israel has hopped the border to Syria and bombed a suspected terrorist camp. That's just fucking great. Now the entire region over there will be on OUR ass because we back Israel in just about everything they do.
Like we needed more shit in the Mid-East.
Happier news
On the bright side, we have 4 more days to vote in the championship round of the "128 Hottest Chicks" contest. I can tell you right now, it's anyone's game! The votes are rolling in and it's close. Too close to call right now. But all your votes count so get them in.
So far participation for this game has been great. Let's end it on top with a ton of votes!
Television
Y'all watch "CSI: Miami" last night? 'Cause all I have to say is EWWWWWWWWW!!!!!! DAMN! That entire opening just freaked me out.
For those of you that don't watch, basically they found a body in an empty apartment and the head was covered in maggots. And worse yet, the girl wasn't dead. Ick. That one was over the top!
In other news, Canada has sent us another hot, if underage, broad. Emily VanCamp. Tell her to hook up with the Olsen twins and call me next year when they're legal.
Ahhnold
It's shake-down day in California. Will Davis keep his job? Will Ahhnold terminate him? Will Bustamenthol...er...Bustamonterey...uh, Busta Rhymes or whatever his name is pull an upset?
WHO FUCKIN' CARES!
Net Enigma is East Coast beyotch. NY specifically. And my state? My state can kick your states ass.
10-3-2003
The championship round of the "128 Hottest Chicks we could think of....at the time" is now LIVE! Go ahead and get your votes in. You have 1 week till 11:59 pm on Thursday, October 9th.
Net Enigma. "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be
able to pass a literacy test." - W
So, I'm reading through the forums when I come across a post from Joe about my girl Sabrina. Seems that little vixen has her own web site now to help boost her music career. What does that mean for you? New hot photos of Sabrina!
Head over and check out her web site and if you're in the York area, check out a show. SabrinaDuke.com.
Championship Round
It's the champion ship round of the "128 Hottest Chicks" contest, and do you want to know who's in it?
Sure you do. Your championship round will be Angelina Jolie facing off against Elisha Cuthbert!
Elisha handled Rebecca 12 - 9 while Jolie pounced on Dushku with a 13 - 8 victory in the final four round. No big surprises there but it will be an interesting championship round!!
Racking up an amazing 129 votes through the first 6 rounds, Jolie definitely has the momentum to pull out this championship. With 118 total votes, however, Cuthbert dominated her side of the bracket. It'll come down to one last round to determine who you all think is the hottest chick we could think of....at the time.
Give us some time to reset the game and we'll get this final round kicked off in style! My only complaint on this final four round was the measly 21 voters. Come on, this is it, the final round, get your ass in gear and vote!
10-2-2003
Net Enigma. I don't want to see you waiting...
Okay, I lied. I'm not going to give you a run-down of the bands from last weekend. It's late and I'm tired. I am, however, going to give you are kick in the ass and review of Underworld.
The kick to the ass? Get your vote in on the "128 Hottest Chicks" final four round!! You have less than 24 hours left now and the future of Elisha, Rebecca, Angelina and Eliza lies in YOUR hands. So, come on and vote before I start to sound like a damn Governor Davis supporter.
Underworld
You like Vampires, Werewolves and hot broads in leather? How about big guns, crazy blood rituals and dark streets shown off by speeding BMW's? That's what you get in the action-packed movie Underworld.
Starring Kate Beckinsale, who was eliminated from the "128 Hottest Chicks" contest too early, this modern, fantasy re-telling of the classic "Romeo & Juliet" style love story is quick, smart and sufficiently eerie. Set against a nameless city background, Vampires hunt down and kill Lycans (Werewolves) wherever they find them. Beckinsale's Selene is one of the Vampire hunters (known as death dealers), and as the movie opens she's chasing down a group of Lycans. Catching a glimpse of Scott Speedman's Michael, she's smitten.
The war between the Vamps and Lycans goes back centuries but the Vampires have been on top since a slick character named Kraven supposedly killed the Lycan leader, Lucian. As the story unfolds we find that Lucian is very much alive and in cahoots with Kraven to track down a direct descendant of the man that gave birth to the Vampire and Lycan blood-lines. Would you be surprised if that man was Michael? Of course not.
Anyway, Lucian marks Michael and begins his transformation into a Lycan. Selene is torn between her growing love for Michael and her duty to end the Lycan "threat." Finding out about Kraven and Lucien, Selene awakens one of the most powerful Vampires, Viktor, to help set things right. Violence ensues.
There are some interesting fight scenes but one of the coolest is the final showdown between Michael, Viktor and Selene.
The movie has some shortcomings, there is no score to this movie, just some random tunes from the soundtrack thrown in. The action is fine most of the time but it was kind of odd later in the movie as this war raged along completely empty streets in the city. The plot was interesting and, although it may have been done in a book or comic somewhere, was sufficiently original for a major motion picture coming out of Hollywood. The ending definitely left you with the impression that they could go for a sequel of this movie. I'd pay to see it.
I was so psyched to see the movie that I actually bought the soundtrack ahead of time. I'm not going to review that, but other than a cool remix of APC's "Judith," it's not that great. The movie is worth seeing if you get the chance, it even rang in as number 1 opening weekend and tied for number two on its 2nd. I'll be in line for the DVD. I give the movie 3 out of 4 wheels of cheddar.
10-1-2003
Net Enigma. Catcha slippin' I'ma give ya what I gor for ya.
Slipping for 5 days without an update. And what have I got for you? Well, not much.
I'll have a big update tonight including a movie review that I owe you (Underworld) as well as a recap of the past weekend. That will include a review of the show with Lifelong and Qualler.
The one thing I do want to mention right now, though, is the "128 Hottest Chicks" contest! We're a little more than 24 hours away from the end of the final four round. We have close to 20 votes right now, but come on, that's not nearly enough!
This is the next to last round...this is it before the championship showdown! You have to get those votes in now before your girl comes up short or something.
Anyway, 11:59 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) is the deadline for votes. The championship round will start on Friday afternoon. So gawk at some broads and vote, and I'll get at you later with those updates.