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Still the same:
Total: 367 out of 115 votes > Average is: 3.191

Nickelback has a new single out, Someday. And it’s as generic a guitar riff can get, with the usual untalented yelling. Nothing really new, yet it will still be a mild hit. Why ? The female part of the population will dig his new hairdo !
What do you think it’ll be?

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Total: 834 out of 233 votes > Average is: 3.579

Another sequel heads for the top spot, as Freddy battles Jason in back-up generatored movie theatres (opens here 2nd Oct). Taking in $36.4 million is quite a surprise, as horror flicks, especially part 3 or higher, are already considered B-movies. Dropping half its previous public is S.W.A.T on number 2, taking in $18.6 million in its second week. Seemingly low profile western, Open Range, starring/directed by Kevin Costner still manages to earn $14.1 million, finishing the top 3 (opens here unknown).

Well, the dang MSBlaster worm wuz a stupid worm for sure. It attacked www.windowsupdate.com, which wasn’t ever used anywayz (it has always been (v4.)windowsupdate.microsoft.com). It did lead to a few strange jumps for microsoft though. Jumping from platform and hosting firm a few times the past few days. From the *.microsoft.com site went from Windows 2003 Server to Linux (strangely, still operating IIS6) hosted by long time ally Akamai Technologies. The last jump is only a few hours later, to the fiber rich above.net, also a Linux favorer.
A quick look shows they’re having a pool of at least 16 IP addresses, with probably even more bandwidth and machines hanging behind each IP, which means next worm must work a lot faster and smarter if it wants to make even a small dent {:)

Mark yer calender, the biggest baby boom EVER (in the States and Canada) in nine month from now !

(Okay okay, it’s not a proven fact, but it’s still a happy thought, right ?)

Not noticable in Star Wars: Episode I, she definitely made a statement with one of this years biggest hit, Pirates of the Caribbean. Of course, such a big movie can’t go unnoticed, and she already has 3 more (probably bigger) movies lined up. Who am I taling about ? Well, here’s Keira Knightley. Check out much more about her on this site. She looks also luvly in Bend it Like Beckham.

Long title, long movie. And it’s not all that bad, thinking this genre never really attracted me (or anyone else, for that matter, as the pirate movies of the last decade have sunken faster than ghost ships disappear). In the capable hands of producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who has a golden touch, and under direction of George Verbinski (slow actioner The Mexican, and the scary The Ring), all is well. Tiny but tricky story, sails along with enough knots on the meter to make you dizzy. The love story however, was shoved under the carpet a bit. Atmosphere was flawlessly created with amazing sets and old fashioned explosive action scenes. Acting is particularly good with Johnny Depp taking the spotlight as a whacky pirate.7½.

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Microsoft has been ordered to pay up a whopping 520 million dollars to a small Chicago company and the university of California. This is for the copyright infringement of the plug-ins function of Explorer. For every shipped copy of Windows between 1997 and 2001, M$ has to pay a measly $1.47.
If ALL pirated copies of Windows had to be paid, M$ would have lost a FEW BILLIONS !!! Makes you feel not so guilty using your illegal copy of Windows eh ?

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Total: 829 out of 230 votes > Average is: 3.604

source: BBC In Brazil, there was a jailbreak where 80 inmates fled, and still are on the loose. They dug a tunnel of 50 (!!!) metres in length, 1 meter wide, and they even included lighting in the process ! How long did it take, and how and WHERE in heaven’s name did they dump that much dirt ?
Also, a week earlier, a prison director was shot dead, after he tried to introduce stricter rules to improve security.
Makes you wonder, who’s keeping who under control.

Samuel L. Jackson starrer S.W.A.T. stormed in at nr. 1 with a favorable 37 million (opens here 4th Dec). Second opener was Disney’s Freak Friday (opens here 2nd Oct), a remake which originally starred a young Jodi Foster. This time Jamie Lee Curtis, as a mom in 1this mom-daughter reversal movie, hauls in some 22.3 million. Dropping an expected 55% is American Wedding with 15.1 million on the third spot. The pie must be getting dry. More ships are really needed to carry the extra 13.1 million for the Pirates, still number 4 in it’s 5th week. Seabiscuit show more strength than Lara Croft at number 5 with 11.9 million. And nowhere to be seen is last week opener Gigli starring real life couple Ben Affleck and Big Ass Lopez (that rhymez). This movie is this year’s biggest flop.

Time for a poll…
First download this 79 KB mp3. Listen to it, and then judge.
First is Lumidee – Never Leave You (Uh Ooh Uh Ooh) followed by Sean Paul – Get Busy and it ends with Wayne Wonder – No Letting Go.

What these so-called summer hits (and good lord, they are topping the charts indeed, have mercy on my soul, as there’s probably nothing on earth that irritates me more) have in common is:
a. Monotonous irritating vocals.
b. Irritating BEAT.
c. Even MORE irritating hand claps.
d. ALL THREE SONGS SHARE THE EXACT SAME BEAT TRACK !

So please vote, which of the three is the most irritating.

Download this 3.66 MB mpeg file. Watch it. Laugh out loud. And then remember, it’s the Asians again who make these kind of funny commercials.

Thanx to my forward-button-frenzy cousin.