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It's Time
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I've come to realize that it would be best for me to want no one.
It would be best to deny my feelings and emotions.
It would make life easier if I made sure no one dwells on my well being.
It would be best to involve no one in my life.
It would be best to ignore the fact that there are certain people I will always love.
It would be best to be forgotten, to retreat back to the background.
If I need someone, and no one needs me, I have only myself.
If I care, and am not cared for, I have only myself.
If I remember, and am forgotten ,I have only myself.
If I love, and am not loved, I have only myself.
I'll live, I always do.
It hurts...
It would be best to deny my feelings and emotions.
It would make life easier if I made sure no one dwells on my well being.
It would be best to involve no one in my life.
It would be best to ignore the fact that there are certain people I will always love.
It would be best to be forgotten, to retreat back to the background.
If I need someone, and no one needs me, I have only myself.
If I care, and am not cared for, I have only myself.
If I remember, and am forgotten ,I have only myself.
If I love, and am not loved, I have only myself.
I'll live, I always do.
It hurts...
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6,066 page views! Eat your heart out, fundies! This atheist, apatheist, antitheist or whatever else you'd like to call me, is coming to tell you you're wrong.
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Devious Journal Entry
7 min read
I'd like to introduce you to some new and interesting concepts that you may otherwise have never heard of. Or, maybe you've heard of these somewhere and never got a very good definition of them.
Omerta
Omertà implies “the categorical prohibition of cooperation with state authorities or reliance on its services, even when one has been victim of a crime.” It is ultimately a code of silence.
While this is largely attribute to the Mafia (Cosa Nostra), Omerta predates the creation of the Mafia. Here is a contemporary breakdown of Omerta as seen in Lamb of God's song by the same name.
Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward.
Whoever cannot take care of himself without that law is both.
For a wounded man shall say to his assailant, "If I Die, You are forgiven. If I Live, I will kill you."
Such is the Rule of Honor.
Pirate Code
Holy shit, you mean the Pirate's Code actually exists? Then there must be a man with dreadlocks wandering around guarding it, right? No. It was more along the lines of a ship to ship existence, and even then we aren't too sure of how prominent they were as they tended to be destroyed when the danger of capture came to protect them from having it used against them at trial. I've edited them to be a little more readable and not to ramble on like old English has a tendency to do. I also picked what seemed to be the most complete set of laws.
Bartholomew Roberts' articles
One of the best known sets of pirate articles was set down by the famous Welsh pirate Bartholomew Roberts in 1720
I. Every man has a vote in affairs of moment; has equal title to the fresh provisions, or strong liquors unless scarcity makes it necessary to vote a retrenchment.
II. Every man to be called fairly in turn, by list, on board of prizes because they were on these occasions allowed a shift of clothes: but if they defrauded the company to the value of a dollar in plate, jewels, or money, marooning was their punishment. If the robbery was only betwixt one another, they contented themselves with slitting the ears and nose of him that was guilty, and set him on shore, not in an uninhabited place, but somewhere, where he was sure to encounter hardships.
III. No person to game at cards or dice for money.
IV. The lights and candles to be put out at eight o'clock at night
V. To keep their piece, pistols, and cutlass clean and fit for service.
VI. No boy or woman to be allowed amongst them. If any man were to be found seducing any of the latter sex, and carried her to sea, disguised, he was to suffer death
VII. To desert the ship or their quarters in battle, was punished with death or marooning.
VIII. No striking one another on board, but every man's quarrels to be ended on shore, at sword and pistol.
IX. No man to talk of breaking up their way of living, till each had shared one thousand pounds.
X. The captain and quartermaster to receive two shares of a prize: the master, boatswain, and gunner, one share and a half, and other officers one and quarter.
XI. The musicians to have rest on the Sabbath Day, but the other six days and nights, none without special favour.
Journalist's Creed
That's right, even if it seems sometimes that they don't follow it (because i personally think few actually do), journalists have a creed all their own. Shame it isn't set down in actual laws so we could jail the ones that give journalists a bad name.
I believe in the profession of Journalism.
I believe that the public journal is a public trust; that all connected with it are, to the full measure of responsibility, trustees for the public; that all acceptance of lesser service than the public service is a betrayal of this trust.
I believe that clear thinking, clear statement, accuracy and fairness are fundamental to good journalism.
I believe that a journalist should write only what he holds in his heart to be true.
I believe that suppression of the news, for any consideration other than the welfare of society, is indefensible.
I believe that no one should write as a journalist what he would not say as a gentleman; that bribery by one's own pocket book is as much to be avoided as bribery by the pocketbook of another; that individual responsibility may not be escaped by pleading another's instructions or another's dividends.
I believe that advertising, news and editorial columns should alike serve the best interests of readers; that a single standard of helpful truth and cleanness should prevail for all; that supreme test of good journalism is the measure of its public service.
I believe that the journalism which succeeds the best-and best deserves success-fears God and honors man; is stoutly independent; unmoved by pride of opinion or greed of power; constructive, tolerant but never careless, self-controlled, patient, always respectful of its readers but always unafraid, is quickly indignant at injustice; is unswayed by the appeal of the privilege or the clamor of the mob; seeks to give every man a chance, and as far as law, an honest wage and recognition of human brotherhood can make it so, an equal chance; is profoundly patriotic while sincerely promoting international good will and cementing world-comradeship, is a journalism of humanity, of and for today's world.
The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics
Yeah... I tend to break these from time to time, I'll admit. But I tend to find them easier to follow than the actual Ten Commandments. At least these aren't made impossible by my human nature.
1. Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people.
2. Thou shalt not interfere with other people's computer work.
3. Thou shalt not snoop around in other people's files.
4. Thou shalt not use a computer to steal.
5. Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness.
6. Thou shalt not use or copy commercial software for which you have not paid.
7. Thou shalt not use other people's computer resources without authorization.
8. Thou shalt not appropriate other people's intellectual output.
9. Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you write.
10. Thou shalt use a computer in ways that show consideration and respect.
Chekov's Gun
This is actually a literary technique of which I am quite fond. The name Chekhov's gun comes from Anton Chekhov himself, who stated that any object introduced in a story must be used later on, else it ought not to feature in the first place.
"One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it." Chekhov, letter to Aleksandr Semenovich Lazarev (pseudonym of A. S. Gruzinsky), 1 November 1889.
"If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there." From Gurlyand's Reminiscences of A. P. Chekhov, in Teatr i iskusstvo 1904.
"If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there." From S. Shchukin, Memoirs
Alright, that's all for now because I can't think of any more to put in here. If you like this, or just want me to do your homework on some random concept, please leave a comment for me.
Omerta
Omertà implies “the categorical prohibition of cooperation with state authorities or reliance on its services, even when one has been victim of a crime.” It is ultimately a code of silence.
While this is largely attribute to the Mafia (Cosa Nostra), Omerta predates the creation of the Mafia. Here is a contemporary breakdown of Omerta as seen in Lamb of God's song by the same name.
Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward.
Whoever cannot take care of himself without that law is both.
For a wounded man shall say to his assailant, "If I Die, You are forgiven. If I Live, I will kill you."
Such is the Rule of Honor.
Pirate Code
Holy shit, you mean the Pirate's Code actually exists? Then there must be a man with dreadlocks wandering around guarding it, right? No. It was more along the lines of a ship to ship existence, and even then we aren't too sure of how prominent they were as they tended to be destroyed when the danger of capture came to protect them from having it used against them at trial. I've edited them to be a little more readable and not to ramble on like old English has a tendency to do. I also picked what seemed to be the most complete set of laws.
Bartholomew Roberts' articles
One of the best known sets of pirate articles was set down by the famous Welsh pirate Bartholomew Roberts in 1720
I. Every man has a vote in affairs of moment; has equal title to the fresh provisions, or strong liquors unless scarcity makes it necessary to vote a retrenchment.
II. Every man to be called fairly in turn, by list, on board of prizes because they were on these occasions allowed a shift of clothes: but if they defrauded the company to the value of a dollar in plate, jewels, or money, marooning was their punishment. If the robbery was only betwixt one another, they contented themselves with slitting the ears and nose of him that was guilty, and set him on shore, not in an uninhabited place, but somewhere, where he was sure to encounter hardships.
III. No person to game at cards or dice for money.
IV. The lights and candles to be put out at eight o'clock at night
V. To keep their piece, pistols, and cutlass clean and fit for service.
VI. No boy or woman to be allowed amongst them. If any man were to be found seducing any of the latter sex, and carried her to sea, disguised, he was to suffer death
VII. To desert the ship or their quarters in battle, was punished with death or marooning.
VIII. No striking one another on board, but every man's quarrels to be ended on shore, at sword and pistol.
IX. No man to talk of breaking up their way of living, till each had shared one thousand pounds.
X. The captain and quartermaster to receive two shares of a prize: the master, boatswain, and gunner, one share and a half, and other officers one and quarter.
XI. The musicians to have rest on the Sabbath Day, but the other six days and nights, none without special favour.
Journalist's Creed
That's right, even if it seems sometimes that they don't follow it (because i personally think few actually do), journalists have a creed all their own. Shame it isn't set down in actual laws so we could jail the ones that give journalists a bad name.
I believe in the profession of Journalism.
I believe that the public journal is a public trust; that all connected with it are, to the full measure of responsibility, trustees for the public; that all acceptance of lesser service than the public service is a betrayal of this trust.
I believe that clear thinking, clear statement, accuracy and fairness are fundamental to good journalism.
I believe that a journalist should write only what he holds in his heart to be true.
I believe that suppression of the news, for any consideration other than the welfare of society, is indefensible.
I believe that no one should write as a journalist what he would not say as a gentleman; that bribery by one's own pocket book is as much to be avoided as bribery by the pocketbook of another; that individual responsibility may not be escaped by pleading another's instructions or another's dividends.
I believe that advertising, news and editorial columns should alike serve the best interests of readers; that a single standard of helpful truth and cleanness should prevail for all; that supreme test of good journalism is the measure of its public service.
I believe that the journalism which succeeds the best-and best deserves success-fears God and honors man; is stoutly independent; unmoved by pride of opinion or greed of power; constructive, tolerant but never careless, self-controlled, patient, always respectful of its readers but always unafraid, is quickly indignant at injustice; is unswayed by the appeal of the privilege or the clamor of the mob; seeks to give every man a chance, and as far as law, an honest wage and recognition of human brotherhood can make it so, an equal chance; is profoundly patriotic while sincerely promoting international good will and cementing world-comradeship, is a journalism of humanity, of and for today's world.
The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics
Yeah... I tend to break these from time to time, I'll admit. But I tend to find them easier to follow than the actual Ten Commandments. At least these aren't made impossible by my human nature.
1. Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people.
2. Thou shalt not interfere with other people's computer work.
3. Thou shalt not snoop around in other people's files.
4. Thou shalt not use a computer to steal.
5. Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness.
6. Thou shalt not use or copy commercial software for which you have not paid.
7. Thou shalt not use other people's computer resources without authorization.
8. Thou shalt not appropriate other people's intellectual output.
9. Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you write.
10. Thou shalt use a computer in ways that show consideration and respect.
Chekov's Gun
This is actually a literary technique of which I am quite fond. The name Chekhov's gun comes from Anton Chekhov himself, who stated that any object introduced in a story must be used later on, else it ought not to feature in the first place.
"One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it." Chekhov, letter to Aleksandr Semenovich Lazarev (pseudonym of A. S. Gruzinsky), 1 November 1889.
"If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there." From Gurlyand's Reminiscences of A. P. Chekhov, in Teatr i iskusstvo 1904.
"If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there." From S. Shchukin, Memoirs
Alright, that's all for now because I can't think of any more to put in here. If you like this, or just want me to do your homework on some random concept, please leave a comment for me.
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Bored, so here's a quiz
5 min read
- Name: Nick
- Single or taken: Single
- Sex: Male
- Birthday: June 6
- Sign: Gemini
- Hair color: Brown
- Eye color: Brown
- Height: 5'10"
-----------• × • F A S H I O N | S T U F F • × •--------------
- Favorite place to shop for clothes?: Umm, Iunno.
- Favorite designer?: Hugo Boss, because that's what cologne I wear and I have no better answer
- What is your coolest outfit?: A pair of jeans and a t-shirt, I guess
- What is your most comfortable outfit: Jeans and a t-shirt
- What do you usually wear?: Khakis and a blue t-shrit (work uniform)
--------------• × • S P E C I F I C S • × • -------------------
- What kind of shampoo do you use?: It's actually shampoo AND soap. Thanks Irish Spring
- What are you listening to right now?: "Awesome" by Plies
- Who is the last person that called you?: My boss
- How many buddies are online right now?: Dunno, probably plenty.
-------------• × • F A V O U R I T E S • × •-----------------
- Food: Indian
- Girls' names: Katherine
- Boys' names: Atticus
- Subjects in school: English, Science, Band
- Animals: Sugar Gliders
----------------• × • H A V E | Y O U | E V E R • × •-------------
- Given anyone a bath?: Nope, but I've showered with someone. Does that count?
- Smoked?: Too much
- Bungee jumped?: Not yet.
- Made yourself throw up?: Yeah
- Ever been in love?: I thought so.
- Made yourself cry to get out of trouble: No
- Cried when someone died?: A few too many times to tell the truth.
- Lied?: No...
- Fallen for your best friend?: Maybe.
- Rejected someone?: Yes
- Used someone? Yes
- Done something you regret?: Nope
------------• × • C U R R E N T • × •--------------
- Clothes: Khaki work shorts
- Desktop picture: Some anime girl, I think it's an original
- CD in player: Eminem's "The Relapse"
- DVD in player: Get Carter
----------------• × • L A S T | P E R S O N • × •----------------------
- Hugged: Umm, Benny got a "bro" hug, and then before that I think it was... a drunk customer
- You IMed:
- Talk to online:
or 
-Talked to offline: Mike
---------------• × • A R E | Y O U • × •---------------------
- Understanding: I think so
- Hungry: Yeah actually...
(An hour later)
- Open-minded: Sometimes
- Arrogant: Can be
- Insecure?: Generally
- Random?: Maybe
- Smart: I believe so
- Organized: Not usually
- Shy: Yes
- Difficult: It depends on the day
- Bored easily: Yes
---------• × • W H O | D O | Y O U | W A N T | TO • × •--------
- Kill: Plenty
- Slap: More than plenty
- Get really wasted with:
- Get high with: Jason Statham would be fun high, I think
- Talk to offline: Guy named Preston back in OK, kinda miss him
- Talk to online: Whoever I can get a hold of, really
------------------• × • R A N D O M • × •---------------------
- In the morning I: Smoke a couple cigarettes before work
- Love is: a myth
- I dream about: Repressed problems
- What do you notice first in the opposite sex?: Hair
---------------• × • W H I C H | I S | B E T T E R • × ---------------
- Coke or Pepsi: Gaaatoraaade
- Flowers or candy: Either is fine
- Tall or short: Short
------------------• × • W H O • × • ---------------
- Makes you laugh the most?: Probably my boss
- Makes you smile:
- Gives you a funny feeling when you look at them?: Ashe
--------------• × • D O | Y O U | E V E R • × •-----------------
- Sit on the internet all night waiting for that someone special to IM you?: No, I don't really have time for that
- Wish you were a member of the opposite sex?: No
- Wish you were younger: Not really
- Cry because someone said something to you?: No
-----------• × • N U M B E R • × •--------------
- Of times I have had my heart broken: 2
- Of guys I've kissed: 0
- Of girls I've kissed: Who's counting?
- Of CD's I own: Enough
- Of scars on my body: Too many
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- Single or taken: Single
- Sex: Male
- Birthday: June 6
- Sign: Gemini
- Hair color: Brown
- Eye color: Brown
- Height: 5'10"
-----------• × • F A S H I O N | S T U F F • × •--------------
- Favorite place to shop for clothes?: Umm, Iunno.
- Favorite designer?: Hugo Boss, because that's what cologne I wear and I have no better answer
- What is your coolest outfit?: A pair of jeans and a t-shirt, I guess
- What is your most comfortable outfit: Jeans and a t-shirt
- What do you usually wear?: Khakis and a blue t-shrit (work uniform)
--------------• × • S P E C I F I C S • × • -------------------
- What kind of shampoo do you use?: It's actually shampoo AND soap. Thanks Irish Spring
- What are you listening to right now?: "Awesome" by Plies
- Who is the last person that called you?: My boss
- How many buddies are online right now?: Dunno, probably plenty.
-------------• × • F A V O U R I T E S • × •-----------------
- Food: Indian
- Girls' names: Katherine
- Boys' names: Atticus
- Subjects in school: English, Science, Band
- Animals: Sugar Gliders
----------------• × • H A V E | Y O U | E V E R • × •-------------
- Given anyone a bath?: Nope, but I've showered with someone. Does that count?
- Smoked?: Too much
- Bungee jumped?: Not yet.
- Made yourself throw up?: Yeah
- Ever been in love?: I thought so.
- Made yourself cry to get out of trouble: No
- Cried when someone died?: A few too many times to tell the truth.
- Lied?: No...
- Fallen for your best friend?: Maybe.
- Rejected someone?: Yes
- Used someone? Yes
- Done something you regret?: Nope
------------• × • C U R R E N T • × •--------------
- Clothes: Khaki work shorts
- Desktop picture: Some anime girl, I think it's an original
- CD in player: Eminem's "The Relapse"
- DVD in player: Get Carter
----------------• × • L A S T | P E R S O N • × •----------------------
- Hugged: Umm, Benny got a "bro" hug, and then before that I think it was... a drunk customer
- You IMed:
- Talk to online:
or -Talked to offline: Mike
---------------• × • A R E | Y O U • × •---------------------
- Understanding: I think so
- Hungry: Yeah actually...
(An hour later)
- Open-minded: Sometimes
- Arrogant: Can be
- Insecure?: Generally
- Random?: Maybe
- Smart: I believe so
- Organized: Not usually
- Shy: Yes
- Difficult: It depends on the day
- Bored easily: Yes
---------• × • W H O | D O | Y O U | W A N T | TO • × •--------
- Kill: Plenty
- Slap: More than plenty
- Get really wasted with:
- Get high with: Jason Statham would be fun high, I think
- Talk to offline: Guy named Preston back in OK, kinda miss him
- Talk to online: Whoever I can get a hold of, really
------------------• × • R A N D O M • × •---------------------
- In the morning I: Smoke a couple cigarettes before work
- Love is: a myth
- I dream about: Repressed problems
- What do you notice first in the opposite sex?: Hair
---------------• × • W H I C H | I S | B E T T E R • × ---------------
- Coke or Pepsi: Gaaatoraaade
- Flowers or candy: Either is fine
- Tall or short: Short
------------------• × • W H O • × • ---------------
- Makes you laugh the most?: Probably my boss
- Makes you smile:
- Gives you a funny feeling when you look at them?: Ashe
--------------• × • D O | Y O U | E V E R • × •-----------------
- Sit on the internet all night waiting for that someone special to IM you?: No, I don't really have time for that
- Wish you were a member of the opposite sex?: No
- Wish you were younger: Not really
- Cry because someone said something to you?: No
-----------• × • N U M B E R • × •--------------
- Of times I have had my heart broken: 2
- Of guys I've kissed: 0
- Of girls I've kissed: Who's counting?
- Of CD's I own: Enough
- Of scars on my body: Too many
Brought to you in part by
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