Saturday, August 16, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Swimming world records falling like rain drops.
I'm trying to contain myself while writing this so that my thoughts are coherent. However, after the exploits of the swimmers (especially Phelps) at this years inception of the Olympics, I must say that it is challenging.
What does a world record signify?
My understanding of a world record is that it is a mark reached for the first time in history. Someone who attains a world record in swimming is therefore the fastest person to ever undertake that particular distance/discipline in the history of the sport.
With that understood. How are so many records falling in swimming this year? For example. John Brown steps up in heat 1 in the 50m freestyle, finishes the race and smashes the world record! He's elated, extatic (reaches for his cell phone to call his mom at home in timbuktoo).
Heat 2 comes around, and John Hancock establishes a new record! (John Brown didn't even have time to call his mom!)
Heat 3 comes around and Hitorchi Suzuki eclipses that record and is now the new world record holder!
How special is the attaining of a world record if so many people have the ability to break it? Additionally, what of the people who were holders of world records for decades before this Olympics? If still alive, they must feel pretty unhappy seeing Tom, Dick and Harry swim below their mark at will.
According to some experts the pool at the Beijing Olympics has been calibrated to produce less friction enabling swimmers to produce faster times. The pool is three meters deep and in the swimming world, that's a fast pool!
Additionally, the new suits from Speedo have been carefully designs to meet the competitive needs of Olympic level swimmers.
With all of that said, my opinion is unchanged. A world or Olympic record means very little if every jack man has access to it.
Let three people break a record in the heats of a track event and see how quickly the world would scrutinize those performances. The IAAF, WADA, USADA and every other anti doping agency or related firm would be all over those athletes' blood and urine samples. I can only hope the same is being done in swimming.
For example,
Heat 1 of the men's 100m
Asafa Powell runs 9.71s
Heat 2
Usain Bolt runs 9.69s
Heat 3
Tyson Gay produces 9.68s
How believable is that? With 2 - 3 more rounds of competition left in the event not very!
But the swimmers can do it!
What does a world record signify?
My understanding of a world record is that it is a mark reached for the first time in history. Someone who attains a world record in swimming is therefore the fastest person to ever undertake that particular distance/discipline in the history of the sport.
With that understood. How are so many records falling in swimming this year? For example. John Brown steps up in heat 1 in the 50m freestyle, finishes the race and smashes the world record! He's elated, extatic (reaches for his cell phone to call his mom at home in timbuktoo).
Heat 2 comes around, and John Hancock establishes a new record! (John Brown didn't even have time to call his mom!)
Heat 3 comes around and Hitorchi Suzuki eclipses that record and is now the new world record holder!
How special is the attaining of a world record if so many people have the ability to break it? Additionally, what of the people who were holders of world records for decades before this Olympics? If still alive, they must feel pretty unhappy seeing Tom, Dick and Harry swim below their mark at will.
According to some experts the pool at the Beijing Olympics has been calibrated to produce less friction enabling swimmers to produce faster times. The pool is three meters deep and in the swimming world, that's a fast pool!
Additionally, the new suits from Speedo have been carefully designs to meet the competitive needs of Olympic level swimmers.
With all of that said, my opinion is unchanged. A world or Olympic record means very little if every jack man has access to it.
Let three people break a record in the heats of a track event and see how quickly the world would scrutinize those performances. The IAAF, WADA, USADA and every other anti doping agency or related firm would be all over those athletes' blood and urine samples. I can only hope the same is being done in swimming.
For example,
Heat 1 of the men's 100m
Asafa Powell runs 9.71s
Heat 2
Usain Bolt runs 9.69s
Heat 3
Tyson Gay produces 9.68s
How believable is that? With 2 - 3 more rounds of competition left in the event not very!
But the swimmers can do it!
Monday, August 11, 2008
Dell Inspiron 6000
I'm selling my Dell inspiron 6000 notebook. I've had it for a while now and I'm ready to part ways with it, we had some fun times.
Here are some details:
If you're interested in pictures of the unit or bidding on it you can go:
Here
Dell Inspiron 6000 + stock battery + power cord
Item has many bruises and scratches around unit.
Has noticeable crack by housing of hinge (see picture)
Battery does not hold charge
Power cord is 4mnths old.
Hard drive is not included.
Unit was opened to clean internal fan.
Laptop does not power on.
This unit is being sold as is.
Item has many bruises and scratches around unit.
Has noticeable crack by housing of hinge (see picture)
Battery does not hold charge
Power cord is 4mnths old.
Hard drive is not included.
Unit was opened to clean internal fan.
Laptop does not power on.
This unit is being sold as is.
Product details (when new)
| Inspiron 6000 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 750 (1.86GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB), Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 | Qty: 1 Unit Price: $1,113.00 |
| Inspiron 6000 | Intel® Pentium® M Processor 750 (1.86GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB) | TM18VN1 | [464-8456] |
| Display | 15.4 inch WXGA LCD Panel | 15XGA | [320-3893] |
| Memory | 512MB Shared DDR2 SDRAM 2 Dimms | 512MB2D | [311-4421] |
| Video Card | Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900 | INTVIDS | [320-4507] |
| Hard Drive | 60GB 5400rpm Hard Drive | 60GB | [341-0966] |
| Operating System (Office software not included) | Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 | WMCE | [420-5755] [420-4830] [412-0689] [420-4928] [463-2282] [420-5460] [420-5476] [420-5769] |
| Network Card | Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem | INTNIC | [430-0493] |
| Adobe Software | Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0 | ADOBER | [430-1048] |
| Combo/DVD+RW Drives | 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive | 24COMBO | [313-2570] [420-5111] |
| Wireless Networking Card | Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915 Internal Wireless (802.11 a/b/g, 54Mbps) | IP2915 | [430-1392] |
| Office Software (not included in Windows XP) | No productivity suite- Corel WordPerfect word processor only | ICOREL | [412-0803] |
| Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) | No Security Subscription | TMNO | [420-5642] |
| Battery | 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (53 WHr) | 6BAT | [312-0277] |
| Carrying Cases | Large Backpack Carrying Case | BACKPAK | [310-6293] |
| Hardware Warranty | 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr Mail-In Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support | ST111RR | [950-3337] [950-9057] [960-6910] [960-6900] [983-2207] |
| Dial-Up Internet Access | 6 Months America Online Internet Access Included | AOLDHS | [420-3224] [412-0687] [412-0787] [420-5256] |
| Miscellaneous | Award Winning Service & Support | I6000S2 | [464-0591] |
| Financial Software | No QuickBooks package selected - includes limited use trial | QBSSP | [420-5139] |
| Operating System Backup & Recovery | PC Restore recovery system by Symantec | PCR | [464-5503] |
| Dell Digital Entertainment | Starter Entertainment Pack - Basic digital Music, Photo and Game experience | SEP | [412-0865] |
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Bored at work
Is being bored at work a good thing? Would you rather be bored than overwhelmed by work? For most of us out there I'm assuming our answer would be the former, boredom.
Since I'm bored and not in the mood to construct meaningful sentences. I will just throw a couple things out there and you (the reader) should be thankful for whatever 2 cents you pick up in the process (Just kidding!).
A list of some songs on my ipod:
For motivation
Mavado - money changer
Mavado - overcome
To get the blood flowing
Soulja Boy - Shoot out
Soulja Boy - Snap & Roll
Nostalgic purposes
Tupac - Keep ya head up
Biggie - Sky is the limit
For the ladies
Ryan leslie ft Cassie - Addiction
Lloyd - One for me
When I'm feeling like a boss
Mavado - Car back
Lloyd Banks - Money rules the world
(My boss just returned - back to work!)
Since I'm bored and not in the mood to construct meaningful sentences. I will just throw a couple things out there and you (the reader) should be thankful for whatever 2 cents you pick up in the process (Just kidding!).
A list of some songs on my ipod:
For motivation
Mavado - money changer
Mavado - overcome
To get the blood flowing
Soulja Boy - Shoot out
Soulja Boy - Snap & Roll
Nostalgic purposes
Tupac - Keep ya head up
Biggie - Sky is the limit
For the ladies
Ryan leslie ft Cassie - Addiction
Lloyd - One for me
When I'm feeling like a boss
Mavado - Car back
Lloyd Banks - Money rules the world
(My boss just returned - back to work!)
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Feeling Lost
Don't you just dislike it when you feel lost and confused? Well I've been feeling that way recently and the feeling has been pretty hard to shake. I've tried writing down things to do each day, "organizing my life", "getting my life together", along with prayer and Lord knows what else, I just can't shake the darned confusion! Sigh, I think it's a result of me having a lot of things on my mind recently and not being able to resolve the issues as quickly as I would want. Whatever the cause may be, I'm tired of it! And I'm in desperate need for some clarity and direction in my life!
Sometimes I wish my brain had a local yellow pages for my thoughts or some kind of directory to keep them from getting so convoluted. Additionally I would have a local search engine in my brain (like google) that could pick out the necessary information for me and list them in order of relevance! Now that would be neat! Google brain! (As if google doesn't have enough applications out there already!).
Generally speaking I don't use yellow pages or searches of that sort on a regular basis. If I need to find local business or services I usually resort to google maps (google should pay me for free advertisement!). But seriously, I love google maps! More so than mapquest. I'm not sure why but I never got the hang of using mapquest. Plus, google maps not only gives you directions but you get to see the actual location of the place you're looking for!
I love food - did I mention that?
Earlier today I was searching through a site my friend told me to check out (local.com) for some local restaurants. I searched for the closest In N Out burger I could find. For those of you outside of the Los Angeles area In N Out makes some of the most scrumptious, to die for burgers you will ever taste in the western hemisphere! I was able to find an In N Out location just 4 miles from me on the outskirts of Hollywood, not too shabby if I say so myself.
Anyway..
My brain is still convoluted and after saying all that mumbo jumbo I may have to invest in some brain police to direct the traffic in my cerebral cortex - or something like that.
Sometimes I wish my brain had a local yellow pages for my thoughts or some kind of directory to keep them from getting so convoluted. Additionally I would have a local search engine in my brain (like google) that could pick out the necessary information for me and list them in order of relevance! Now that would be neat! Google brain! (As if google doesn't have enough applications out there already!).
Generally speaking I don't use yellow pages or searches of that sort on a regular basis. If I need to find local business or services I usually resort to google maps (google should pay me for free advertisement!). But seriously, I love google maps! More so than mapquest. I'm not sure why but I never got the hang of using mapquest. Plus, google maps not only gives you directions but you get to see the actual location of the place you're looking for!
I love food - did I mention that?
Anyway..
My brain is still convoluted and after saying all that mumbo jumbo I may have to invest in some brain police to direct the traffic in my cerebral cortex - or something like that.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Jamaican slangs and terminology
Yuzimi (U ZEE ME) - you understand me?
Dun know (DONE - KNOW) - you already know
Likkle more (LEEKLE MORE) - See you later
Wha gwan (WA-AH GWON) - Whats up?
Daggering (DA-GUR-ING) - Intercourse (the act of copulating)
Frass (FRRRR-ASS) - The state of being high or intoxicated
Fassy (FAH - SEE) - Unsavory person
Touch di road (TOUCH DEE ROAD) - Time to go on the road
Stick bruk inna yuh ears (STICK BRUH-CK IN AH U EARS) - Are you deaf?
High Yield Investment Programs
Wikipedia puts it this way:
A High-Yield Investment Program (HYIP) is a type of scam. At one time, it was used to refer to an investment program which may have offered a high return on investment. The term "HYIP" was abused by the operators of scams to camouflage their scams as legitimate investments. Due to this overuse by the operators, HYIP has become synonymous with scam or Ponzi scheme. The usage of the term has evolved to refer to a kind of Ponzi scheme that recruits "investors" through the Internet.
How do I feel about HYIPs? I regard them with utter distaste, the type of disgust and abhorrence Nazi's would be proud of. Why? Because they steal peoples' hard earned money while crushing their dreams. How would you feel if you entrusted the result of your blood, sweat and tears to a company who promised to multiply your capital only to see all your money disappear? I'm sure you would be far less than happy!
Too bad! Whoever entrusts their funds to such entities must be filthy rich and is willing to take that sort of risk. It is highly unlikely that I would fall victim to any such progam as I am too poor to risk my pennies!
Bank of America, Washington Mutual... they have my cash. As for these high yield fancy pants establishments. My patronage extends and ends with this blog post. Full stop!
A High-Yield Investment Program (HYIP) is a type of scam. At one time, it was used to refer to an investment program which may have offered a high return on investment. The term "HYIP" was abused by the operators of scams to camouflage their scams as legitimate investments. Due to this overuse by the operators, HYIP has become synonymous with scam or Ponzi scheme. The usage of the term has evolved to refer to a kind of Ponzi scheme that recruits "investors" through the Internet.
How do I feel about HYIPs? I regard them with utter distaste, the type of disgust and abhorrence Nazi's would be proud of. Why? Because they steal peoples' hard earned money while crushing their dreams. How would you feel if you entrusted the result of your blood, sweat and tears to a company who promised to multiply your capital only to see all your money disappear? I'm sure you would be far less than happy!
Too bad! Whoever entrusts their funds to such entities must be filthy rich and is willing to take that sort of risk. It is highly unlikely that I would fall victim to any such progam as I am too poor to risk my pennies!
Bank of America, Washington Mutual... they have my cash. As for these high yield fancy pants establishments. My patronage extends and ends with this blog post. Full stop!
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