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WAVELAN is go ! - September 10, 2001 at 2:05 AM. Posted by Mister

I never thought I'd see the day... there was so much talk about it but it all seemed just like fantasy. Well tonight I saw that fantasy come one step closer to reality.

What am I talking about, you say? I'm talking about 2mbs wireless links between my friends computers and mine. Over a distance of kilometres! Impossible you say? Definitely not!

Already such wireless WANs have cropped up over Perth. Examples include Innaloo.net, Leeming Wireless Network and Perth Wireless Network Project. What makes ours different is that we're going to be setting it up in the hills of Perth over a much larger area. Not only is the distance increased, we have the added problem of a large amount of tree coverage and large mounds of rock known as "hills" around!

At any rate, we're determined to get it working and tonight was our first milestone. We successfully set up our 2mps Webgear Aviator cards in a Windows and a Debian (Linux) machine. After several tweaks, we got pings to go across. Further work and we were sharing files, internet access and everything, all without cables!

During one test, we transferred a 20MB file 20 meters across the building with an average speed of 80KByte/sec. This might not seem too impressive, but what you have to understand is that these cards have been "modified". As a result, the internal aerials have been disabled and an external "pigtail" connection has been added. This will allow us to connect it to an external, powered antenna of some kind. We're thinking of using Galaxy Satellite dishes. If anyone out there has one on their roof that they no longer need (seeing as Galaxy TV no longer exists), then we'll be VERY happy to take them off your hands!

So... 80KB/s over 20M (through a wall) without an antenna. Impressive, no?

"I'm excited!"


Keyboard + water = - September 9, 2001 at 5:31 PM. Posted by Austin Powers

Early this morning (around 4am) I stumbled into my room after a wicked night at Freo (plenty of skippy chicks at the Zanzi, so dress accordingly). At home I somehow managed to tip water from a bottle onto my keyboard (I cant remember how, but the PC was off). So I did what any drunk person would do, and turned it upside down to let it drip dry and went straight to bed :)
Well.. when I woke this afternoon I had to use the computer, and what do ya know... my keyboard is fuked. When I pressed the 'm' key, it typed 'mn', and when I typed '2' i would get '32' etc ...
So I ripped appart the bitch.. absolutely everything. But there was no water anywhere to be causing short circuits.. damnit! I found out that it kinda rusted overnight, so i cleaned it up and now its ok.. phew.

If had some blue LED's I would haves swapped them with those yellow ones.. that would look cool at night. They werent even soldered in. (they just bent over the wires!)


I dont know if this makes sense at all, or whether its really boring or not, because im probably still under the influence :)


My Movies - September 6, 2001 at 12:09 AM. Posted by Mister

Good evening.

Just incase any of you are interested, here's a list of most of the movies that I've got on DivX. I'm afraid the list isn't complete because I can't remember who I loaned out to what! :)

It's ever increasing, so I'll try and keep it up to date.

Cheers.


Cool stuff - September 4, 2001 at 11:41 PM. Posted by Mister

Heya guys... just some cool stuff that a few of you might like...

Thanks go to Demosthenez, by the way... they're great photos.

Okay... I just thought I'd invite you all to download this file. "You fucking guy!" Trust me, you'll fall off your seat from laughing!

Speaking of laughing, Honda's got a new concept car (nothing new there), but the Fuya-Jo isn't your every-day concept car. This site and this site have some more info for you. Check 'em out and have a laugh!

Also, I'm planning on listing my DivX movie collection on-line soon... I'll keep you posted.


Even More Ball Photos - September 1, 2001 at 11:28 PM. Posted by demosthenes

Finally got round to scanning my ball photos.

Have a gander here.


A few random links - September 1, 2001 at 2:08 AM. Posted by Mister

Heya guys!

Sorry about the delay in updating... but unfortunately, I've been working at uni and I'm starting a new job! WOOHOO!

At any rate, I thought I'd share with you all a few cool things that have been sent my way recently.

First up is a story. If the guy hadn't died, it'd be a contender for the Darwin awards! Thanks to Mel for this one!

Phoenix Field airport in Fair Oaks had been subject to recurring petty thefts from neighborhood teenagers, so a security firm was retained to patrol the grounds. Thefts decreased sharply, but fuel consumption was on the rise. This puzzling situation continued until late one night, when a passerby noticed a flaming airplane on the field.

By the time the fire department arrived, the plane had completely melted into the tarmac. While they extinguished the residual flames, the passerby noticed a uniformed figure lying facedown several yards away. It was a security guard!

He was revived and questioned.

Turns out he had been siphoning fuel from small planes to use in his car. The plane he selected that night had a unique fuel storage system involving hollow, baffled wing spars. When the determined guard shoved the siphon in, it stubbed against the first baffle. No matter how he twisted, pushed, and pulled the hose, he could not siphon any fuel from the plane.

Exasperated, he lit a match to see inside the tank… and the rest is history.

IDIOT!

Next, do any of you remember Napster? (You should!) Well I've found the next best thing... Audio Galaxy. My member name is mister_01 if you wanna send me any cool songs!

Next up is a quick brain teaser for you all. Download this file and see how many you can do! I managed to get 30, but I have to admit that I had a little assitance!

Also, who remembers the game "Digger"??? No? This screenshot might just jog your memory...



Now that you remember, wouldn't you just love to be able to play this classic game again? Well... you can! Visit Digger.org and download WinDig. It's the original digger (don't worry, you can slow it down so that it's not too quick!) with the original sound and everything! It's got either CGA or VGA graphics and all sorts of other cool features... INCLUDING a network capable two player mode! Goodbye Counterstrike!

The dude who 'remastered' the game has also worked on several other old classic games, also at his website.

Finally, check this out... but I warn you, SAVE YOUR WORK FIRST! I'm not going to be held responsible if this crashes your system (It didn't crash mine, but then not everyone's as cool as I am! )


Some People.... - August 29, 2001 at 11:47 PM. Posted by Austin Powers

Thanks to imacop and stileproject for this funny true story:

ARKANSAS CITY (EAP) -- A Little Rock woman was killed yesterday after leaping through her moving car's sun roof during an incident best described as "a mistaken rapture" by dozens of eye witnesses. Thirteen other people were injured after a twenty-car pile up resulted from people trying to avoid hitting the woman who was apparently convinced that the rapture was occurring when she saw twelve people floating up into the air, and then passed a man on the side of the
road who she claimed was Jesus.

"She started screaming "He's back, He's back" and climbed right out of the sunroof and jumped off the roof of the car," said Everett Williams, husband of 28-year-old Georgann Williams who was pronounced dead at the scene.

"I was slowing down but she wouldn't wait till I stopped," Williams said. She thought the rapture was happening and was convinced that Jesus was gonna lift her up into the sky," he went on to say.

"This is the strangest thing I've seen since I've been on the force," said Paul Madison, first officer on the scene.

Madison questioned the man who looked like Jesus and discovered that he was dressed up as Jesus and was on his way to a toga costume party when the tarp covering the bed of his pickup truck came loose and released twelve blow up sex dolls filled with helium which floated up into the air.

Ernie Jenkins, 32, of Fort Smith, who's been told by several of his friends that he looks like Jesus, pulled over and lifted his arms into the air in frustration, and said , "Come back here," just as the Williams' car passed him, and Mrs. Williams was sure that it was Jesus lifting people up into the sky as they passed by him, according to her husband, who says his wife loved Jesus more than anything else.

When asked for comments about the twelve sex dolls, Jenkins replied "This is all just too weird for me. I never expected anything like this to happen."



hmm... I was wondering why my 12 dolls didnt arrive at my party !!!
Thanks to imacop and stileproject for this funny true story:

ARKANSAS CITY (EAP) -- A Little Rock woman was killed yesterday after leaping through her moving car's sun roof during an incident best described as "a mistaken rapture" by dozens of eye witnesses. Thirteen other people were injured after a twenty-car pile up resulted from people trying to avoid hitting the woman who was apparently convinced that the rapture was occurring when she saw twelve people floating up into the air, and then passed a man on the side of the
road who she claimed was Jesus.

"She started screaming "He's back, He's back" and climbed right out of the sunroof and jumped off the roof of the car," said Everett Williams, husband of 28-year-old Georgann Williams who was pronounced dead at the scene.

"I was slowing down but she wouldn't wait till I stopped," Williams said. She thought the rapture was happening and was convinced that Jesus was gonna lift her up into the sky," he went on to say.

"This is the strangest thing I've seen since I've been on the force," said Paul Madison, first officer on the scene.

Madison questioned the man who looked like Jesus and discovered that he was dressed up as Jesus and was on his way to a toga costume party when the tarp covering the bed of his pickup truck came loose and released twelve blow up sex dolls filled with helium which floated up into the air.

Ernie Jenkins, 32, of Fort Smith, who's been told by several of his friends that he looks like Jesus, pulled over and lifted his arms into the air in frustration, and said , "Come back here," just as the Williams' car passed him, and Mrs. Williams was sure that it was Jesus lifting people up into the sky as they passed by him, according to her husband, who says his wife loved Jesus more than anything else.

When asked for comments about the twelve sex dolls, Jenkins replied "This is all just too weird for me. I never expected anything like this to happen."


Crazy and Fun - August 28, 2001 at 1:43 AM. Posted by Austin Powers

Read these news stories... makes you think just how screwed up some people are... Crazy 1 and Crazy 2 and finally Crazy 3

Some cool online games, that you can play against other people.. such as pool, mini-golf.. etc
And some DAMN ADDICTIVE GAME. It requires good mouse skills. My best score so far is 21 seconds with a rank of 315. Stupid thing is, if you look at the top scores, they get times of like -100000 seconds... damn cheaters!!!


Engineers and Nurses Ball - August 28, 2001 at 12:54 AM. Posted by Mister

Photos are here!

That's all! :0P


Alrighty Then.. - August 22, 2001 at 10:25 PM. Posted by Austin Powers

Compaq announced today the release of a 208 key keyboard for people who hate the "shift" key.. ;)

And the Top-Secret All-New Microsoft Windows OS has been slipped out to the general public. View it here.. trust me its so funny.

And if you liked that one, heres a MacOS one :) Perfect for running on someones computer when they go for a minute! then when they return.. WTF!!!???

Heres a cool link... but I must warn you, DONT TOUCH THE SYBO

3D Ping-Pong baby yeah


A short one - August 20, 2001 at 9:35 AM. Posted by Austin Powers

Just a short post here. If you havent seen this 'wacs players' site yet, check it out.. its a crack up. Some would even call it disturbing :)

This is a bit of a worry.. Quote: European Officials have found CELL Phone GUNS during a Drug Raid. They are made from hollowed out cell phone but are much heavier and do not light up. Read the full story, and view an mpeg of it in action here.

Heres a site with an extensive range of fake celebrity photographs. Check it out. Thanks to cobra for this one.

Oh yeah, how can I forget... Ferrari came 1st and 2nd last night, good on ya boys :)


Read the full story here

1,2,3,4... Hi 5


Not Happy Jan!! - August 18, 2001 at 11:32 PM. Posted by Mister

Turns out that my exhaust system is just fine and dandy! Took it into Midas for an "Obligation Free Quote" and he got it up on the hoist...

All seemed fine. The cat was working good, the muffler looked fine.... Hell it was even kinda clean up there! :0P

So confused, I drove home... only to discover when I got home that the sound had RETURNED with a vengance AND it was popping like there was no tomorrow... I've decided that it must be that the car is running rich or something similar and the trip up the hill (I have to drive up Welshpool Road to get home) must get it hot enough to cause the noise with the excess fuel going through.

I'm going to take it back to the place I got it serviced last and complain (it's only after the service that all this has been happening).


I been hit 10,000 times - August 16, 2001 at 12:31 AM. Posted by Austin Powers

This is just a short message to say "YEAH BABY".
My sites now generated over 10,000 individual hits since 7 March 2001.
Good on ya folks, and thanks to Mark (Mister) for all the help hes done so far. Legend.

If only I had some sort of money making banners and popups!!
I'd be able to buy that Ferrari I've had my eyes on lately... well not really. Besides banners suck balls.


Im now running Windows 2000 Professional.. and Im fully into it now. Fuck Windows 98 SE.. I used to think it was the best, but this really is 'da bomb' hey. Talking about win2k, did you know you can change that awful start up screen!. Thanks imacop for giving me that link.

Anyways, heres a Shockwave Pong game. I dont have shockwave installed yet, but jester says its cool.

So, have you finished Max Payne? Thinking about uninstalling it? Nooooo not yet. Check out some of the mods first. Can you say 'Dual colts'? !!!!!!

This sites got some cool windows apps and tools.. I especially like the BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) screen saver!! its bloody awesome.. It would be a cool prank to play on someone! It can even make fake disk activity to simulate a windows restart :) Check it, ta jester.

OH MY GOD
THIS IS THE BEST PC CASE MODIFICATION EVER IN THE WORLD
This seriously kicks ass hey, I so wanna do this when I next upgrade


Who wants to give me some money? - August 14, 2001 at 2:59 PM. Posted by Mister

Two reasons why I need it...

Actually, make that three...

First up, I want one of the cars that this site has video reviews on... It's got everything from Lamborghini to Mercedes to Mazda! One hell of a cool site there...

Second (and more realistically), my car needs a new exhaust, or at least from the sound of it it does! Happened today, god only knows how... if anyone knows of a good exhaust place to go, then PLEASE email me.

And finally, I need money because of another aspect of my car... the engine! For starters, it only has three cylinders... but it gets worse! It's carby, 1L, 2 valves/cyl and it only produces about 30KW!

Definately not worthy of an exhaust that sounds like a rally car!

I do, however, have an alternative... Adelaide Jap Dismantlers have, in stock, the front cut to a Daihatsu Charade Detomaso... which means that, if I had the money to buy it, I could whack the 1.6L HD-E engine into my car! I'd get TRIPLE the power-weight ratio I have at the moment! For some info on the Detomaso, go here.

Unfortunately, I don't have $2800 on me at the moment! Anyone care to fork out for a worthy cause?!?

In other news, Planet Of The Apes is crap! I saw it on the weekend and wish I'd saved my money for the video...

The storyline isn't faithful to the book, the dialogue leaves a lot to be desired in parts, and the scientific bits that could have been done accurately were SHIT! I mean it starts in the year 2029 (28 years from now) and they're on a space station (!) orbiting Saturn (!) and this station's got artificial gravity (!)!!! I mean c'mon! At least make it some time in the DISTANT future where it's possible it could happen!!!

And the ending is screwed.... I won't say why cause I don't wanna spoil it incase there's someone out there who is planning to see it and does like the movie, but trust me, it's BAD!

Visuals:
Plot:
Ending:
Overall rating:

That's my 2c for now!


Jar-Jar bastard - August 8, 2001 at 1:25 AM. Posted by Austin Powers

From overclockers.com.au :

A press release announced on the offical Star Wars website stated that a title has been given to the next Star Wars movie.

Yes it is as bad, nay worse, than the Phantom Menace.

It is: --- Star Wars Episode II: The Attack of the Clones

Yes, we thought it was a joke as well...


I had to bring this topic up... What an absolute shitty title they came up with. I could come up with something better in less than 20 seconds. The sad thing is, it probably took a board-room of 30 overpaid people and hundreds of thousands of dollars in research and shit to come up with this title :)


And on another note... if Jar Jar Binks is in this next star wars... I REFUSE to go watch it.. and so does my mate. Its pissed him off sooo much tonight, that hes gonna be losing sleep over it!! Heres some snips of what he said to me tonight :)

i hate that POS, what was with his jamaican accent
who came up with that fucking idea .. probably the same fucking morons that thought of "the attack of the clones"
fuckin idiots

jamaican?
for fucks sake
someone should be killed for that

god damn it, honestly
gets me steamed right up
stuffs comin out of my ears right now
cant see what im typin, screens all foggy and shit

why couldnt he just get blown up at the beginning
like by one of those walker things

As you can see, Jar-Jar Binks has clearly left deep mental scars within the brain of my friend :( I HATE YOU JAR JAR

Im thinking we might form an Anti Jar Jar Alliance (AJJA). Who wants in?? anyone? :)


Hahahaa.. download this Shaggy song!!
Shaggy - One Handed. Its a parody of Shaggy - Wasnt Me.
Thanks to Jester for uploading this to his ftp.


Amazing - August 5, 2001 at 1:43 PM. Posted by Austin Powers

I dont know how, but I managed to wake up this morning without a hangover. sweet! Considering I drank about 25+ Scotch and cokes, and about 5-6 shooters without feeling sick, im happy with the outcome.

I might update once I finish this work due tomorrow.

If you got spare time, email me a few pages on sorting algorithms used in parallel computing. thanks. ;)


Comic Crazy - August 2, 2001 at 12:34 AM. Posted by Austin Powers

Im addicted to this comic, its awesome!
http://www.exploitationnow.com


Also, check out this site, which has links to heaps and heaps of online comic sites. Well worth the read, if you got the time
http://www.keenspot.com/


Ive calmed down now - August 1, 2001 at 11:41 PM. Posted by Mister

Okay... I'm not in such a bad mood now! I'd like to clarify my opinion of 2001 A Space Odessey...

I'd like to start by taking back my comments about relating the movie to the faeces of livestock... Not particularly correct.

2001 has its moments. There are some scenes that are supposed to be shot in zero gravity that look like they really are! Things that aren't bloted, strapped or stuck down float (very convincingly for when it was made). And there's no doubt that Kubric is a master film maker. The suspense was too much for some people to handle.

There were, however, some scenes that were just TOO boring and long for my liking. I think that if the film was an hour shorter, it would be MUCH more enjoyable.

Such scenes are the psychodelic flying through space (no doubt state of the art graphics for the time), the psychodelic flying over landscapes (again probably state of the art at the time) and the scene where Dave is flying after the other pilot are all scenes that would have been much better if they were SHORT! :0)

I will, however, always remember the shot of the shuttle docking to the sound of classical music. That's a kickass scene! Must've taken MONTHS of shooting to get right.

At any rate, there's my 2cents! :0)


Warning Dave - July 31, 2001 at 12:39 AM. Posted by Mister

Sorry about the delay in updating, but I thought it was about time Austin added another post or two..... seeing as it is his site after all!

This post is going to be all about Movies (again) I'm afraid...

First up, I'm going to have a quick complain about my night this evening. Day started well... was looking forward to this evening when I was planning to see Luna's Monday Night Double of 2001 A Space Odessey and Bladerunner. In the end though, I had three people cancel on me without even letting me know and then after sitting through 2001 the soundtrack reel for Bladrunner stuffed up!!! I was well pissed off.

What was 2001 like you say? Bloody awfull I say! It was REALLY bad. It was old (and it showed it), long (it has an interval!), boring, hard to understand (probably has some deep meaning about the extra-terrestrial influences that have come into play on the evolution of the human race) and the sound! I'm surprised me ears aren't bleeding still! I really wish I'd stayed at home instead of gone to that one!

Now that I've got that off my chest.......

If you read the post below this one, you'll see that Austin mentions Final Fantasy... which I've yet to see at the big screen (Thanks for asking me, Mike! ). I do, however, own a copy of the VCD (don't ask) and I can't WAIT to see it on the big screen! It's going to be MAD! Not sure I agree with his "Visuals" rating though..... I think I would have given it 6 out of 5!

As for my movie review, I saw Shrek last week! What a great movie! It's got all the right stuff... a great cast, fantastic visuals (the whole movie is computer animated) and wonderful humour!

The main story revolves around the nasty try-hard prince "Farquaad" who's determined to rid his kingdom of all fairy tails. In doing so, there are plenty of fairy tale related funny bits that are just classic! Farquaad seems intent on dumping all the fairytale characters on Shrek's land, which doesn't sit well with the big green guy. Shrek heads off to complete a quest for the prince and his adventures go from there.

All of the characters in this film are done really well. Eddy Murphy is classic as Donkey and the other actors do a great job too (Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz). They add some sophistication to the movie that shoots right over the heads of the kiddys in the audience, but makes it infinately watchable for the adults.

RATINGS:

Comdey:
Visuals:
Plot:
Characters:

Overall:


A bit of everything - July 30, 2001 at 11:07 PM. Posted by Austin Powers

Now im sure you've all seen Big Brother before.. Well apparently in outback Australia they made another Big Brother.. only they didnt show it on television.. Check out Big Bruddah!


And now for some Max Payne stuff. Roach has been kind enough to give me heaps of links on it. Ranging from some Max Payne mods, cool easter-eggs and stuff like that.


Editing weapons
A secret level
All your base are...
First person max payne
That cool black car

Now, theres some cool easter eggs in Max Payne. By easter eggs, I mean if you do something, it triggers off some sort of secret that you normally would not get to see. This one involves killer rats!!

You know part 1, chapter 2? where you hop in that train and smash through the wall, and then you kill some dudes, walk through a door, then right after it loads up that new part (after the door)...

TOSS 2 GRENADES in the crack of the wall (where the rat runs into). Go to the middle of the level right before the bank and right before where those 2 get into an argument and SHOOT ONE RAT. Now ALL the rats around there HAVE DESERT EAGLES and start shooting you. Its fukin hilarious ive gotten killed a few times.

"But" when you start the level, you have no grenades. So you have to play through the level until you get to the upper (newer) subways and kill a guy who has a grenade. Then you get the grenade and you can go back to the very beginning of the level, and toss the grenade in that hole in the bricks.


Heres a screen shot of the killer rats KILLER RAT!!!!



Hehe, penny arcade Max Payne humour


Another Max Payne FTP.
24.65.197.144
user: warez
pass: warez

its in the "incoming" folder. best of luck.


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Ok, now totally off the Max Payne topic...
I went and saw Final Fantasy: The Spirit Within Sunday night. I must admit the attention to detail is awesome. The skin textures on the people looks sweet, and it looks mad. The storyline on the other hand wasnt all that good. But its still worth watching. Maybe it needed some ANIMATED NUDITY ??
Not to mention, that the cinema we were in, was leaking WATER from the roof and had a BUSTED SUB-WOOFER!!! Whenever there was bass, it would sound all scratchy. That was one fucked up sub.
Visual:
Story:
Overall:


Also I got my hands on The Fast And The Furious about a month ago.. I just forgot to mention it. Its got the best cars in it, if you love rotaries, turbos and nitrous then you will cream when you watch this movie. Once again, the storyline is damn shit! But the cars definitely make up for it. At least they put a ferrari in it ;)
Visuals:
Storyline:
Overall:


hehe - July 29, 2001 at 3:06 AM. Posted by Austin Powers

This update has been completely provided by Sting. Im copy/pasting it straight in here. Good on ya dude.

millions o fonts ;)

- www.acidfonts.com
- www.fontfreak.com
- www.downloadfreefonts.com

If you are searching for sum funky graffiti fonts then download them here :

- http://members.aol.com/ChiChiX/happyhour/happy1.htm
- http://moorstation.org/typoasis/graffiti/grf01.htm
- http://www.hamster-records.com/tre2/fonts.htm

So now you finally have that funkey font, but how can you use it ?
Oke for people who use photoshop, this is the correct place to put it in :

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Fonts

For people who use paintshop pro, place your funkey fonts into :
C:\Windows\Fonts

 

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