A little about Iran

Posted in News by Nightwind @ Jul 3, 2009

The short-lived protests in the Tehran, capital of Iran, have captured attention in the past month. Images of a dying young student have become of symbol of anti-Ahmadinejad movements, a shameless exploitation of the death of a young woman. News agencies raced in pushing forward reports about election fraud, misrepresentation and other wrongdoings that may (or may not) have diminished the chances of counter-candidate Hossein Mousavi.


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Empire strikes back

Posted in Various by Nightwind @ Jun 23, 2009

Harrison Ford improvised!

You

Posted in Lyrics by Nightwind @ Jun 21, 2009

her On your skin the angels have spilled
A chalice of sweetness and wonder
In waiting I stood there and thrilled
With kisses your lips then to plunder.

In your eyes the angels have poured
A cup of their beauty and light
Enthralling and capturing a lord
A heart melting in your sight.

On each of your breasts the angels have built
A fortress for magic and beauty
Before them I lower my head in guilt
When desire is fighting with duty

Browser Test: Acid 3

Posted in Various by Nightwind @ Jun 9, 2009

The acid 3 browser test results currently for: Internet Explorer 8, Safari 4 Beta, Opera 9.64, Firefox 3.0.10, Chrome 1.0.1

IE 8: 20 ouf 100. Much worse than its predecessor

Safari 4 Beta: perfect 100. Kudos!

Opera 9.64: 85/100. 5 more than in Opera 9.5. Slowly, slowly it’s coming about

Firefox 3.0.10: 71/100. Oh well … dissapointing

Chrome 1.0.1: 79/100. Step down from the beta phase. What’s Google doing??

Follow-up:

Google Chrome 2.0.1: 99/100, almost ties Safari, although it fails the last linktest. Nice comeback!

Update! Chrome 3.0 : 100/100 – still warning for Linktest failed, but now it goes all the way!

Opera 10 beta: 100/100, no errors, perfect score, a tad slow but best on the test. Can’t wait for the final version!

Update! Firefox 3.5: 93/100 – really dissapointing, what’s up with Mozilla?!

For the rendering speed test, see here!

Ce-a iesit la europarlamentare

Posted in Various by Nightwind @ Jun 9, 2009

Astia au iesit la europarlamentare. Astia ne vor reprezenta.

Cei buni:

  • Adrian Severin: om cu experienta, respectat si intern cat si international
  • Laszlo Tokes: persecutat in trecut de comunisti, acum singurul lider pragmatic al maghiarilor din Romania
  • Theodor Stolojan: lider si politician pragmatic si eficient
  • Daciana Sarbu: pana acum deputat european cu multe initiative orientate spre ecologie
  • Adina Valean: acum la al doilea mandat de europarlamentar. A avut mai multe initiative in PE, una din ele rezultand in scaderea tarifelor telefoniei mobile in sistem roaming

Cei rai:

  • Norica Nicolai: faimoasa pentru nepotism si coruptie, a aparut pe lista doar in urma esecului la alegerile nationale
  • Gigi Becali: bufon fara calitati
  • CV Tudor: ultraradical nationalist, din fericire tot ce face e ca da din gura. De data asta insa da din gura la Bruxelles, unde repercusiunile asupra imaginii Romaniei vor fi grave. Mai cunoscut ca WC Tudor.
  • Ioan Mircea Pascu: fost ministru al apararii, fost comunist si sustinator al lui Iliescu
  • Elena Basescu: o nulitate agramata, pseudo-independenta, sustinuta de imaginea tatalui
  • Sebastian Bodu: urmarit in justitie pentru o serie de abuzuri
  • Sogor Csaba: echivalentul maghiar al lui WC Tudor, un ultraradical cu gura mare, dar fara realizari.

Alegeri europarlamentare – vot de blam

Posted in Various by Nightwind @ Jun 7, 2009

Pana la urma am votat la europarlamentare. Am votat ca orice om care nu arunca pe geam dreptul constitutional de a-si spune cuvantul, indiferent cat de insignifianta o opinie este in Romania. Totusi, a fost o experienta interesanta caci am votat cu: toata lumea! Da, mi-am exprimat dezgustul pentru clasa politica oferind un vot de blam, invalid. Am desenat un smiley face cu stampila pe buletinul de vot dupa ce am stampilat fiecare optiune in parte, spre exasperarea sefei sectiei de votare careia i-am cerut mereu tusiera (normal ,stampila care mi-a fost oferita data probabil din jurasic, ramanand fara tus la fiecare trei aplicari).

Mi-a placut expresia observatorului Pro-Democratia care mi-a explicat ca nu am nevoie de mai mult tus, trebuie sa pun stampila pe un singur nume. Desigur, n-am considerat necesar sa ma justific si mi-am exercitat dreptul la mai mult tus. Sper ca procentul voturilor invalide sa fie mare.

Pentru cei care nu cunosc: in lipsa optiunii de a nu vota cu nimeni, se poate forta un vot invalid in 3 moduri:

1. se introduce in urna buletinul de vot fara nici o stampila (blanc) – optiune riscanta caci se ofera posibilitatea altcuiva de a stampila.

2. se stampileaza gresit, intre casute – cool, dar sa fie stampila clara

3. se stampileaza toate optiunile – cel mai bine.

Sa protestam dragi compatrioti, doar astfel putem forta schimbarea! Protest!

Browser speed test – fastest browser

Posted in Various by Nightwind @ Jun 7, 2009

Rendering speed has long been a debatable matter and we all know there’s no completely fair and accurate method to discover the fastest browser. However, there are some tests which can be seen as the most relevant tests to see which engine is the most efficient at rendering pages, thus which one can be considered as the most efficient for your daily browsing. (more…)

Iar la vot

Posted in Various by Nightwind @ Jun 5, 2009

Duminica, in majoritatea tarilor europene, are loc scrutinul pentru Parlamentul Europei. Din nefericire, fiecare tara isi voteaza local reprezentatii. Din nou, folosesc ocazia pentru a ma plange de calitatea clasei politice romanesti si, din pacate, cei mai titrati candidati pentru alegerile europarlamentare sunt si cele mai penibile personaje gasite vreodata in vizorul mass-media.

Uneori mi se pare ca scena politica romaneasca e un fel de buncar de gunoi in care sunt aruncate fara discernamant toate mizeriile. In lumina acestui fapt mi se pare de prost gust indemnul presedintelui Romaniei, aruncat in incercarea de a convinge populatia sa iasa la pus stampile doar de dragul de a arata Uniunii ce mari sustinatori ai UE sunt romanii. Colac peste pupaza, mai apar si jurnalistii care arunca vesnica tanguire: mergeti oameni la vot, ca de aia au murit stramosii nostri, pentru democratie – daca nu votati, ei au murit degeaba. Mda, e un teatru patetic si de prost gust.  Sa vedem ce putem spune: (more…)

The Jedi Code

Posted in Various by Nightwind @ Jun 4, 2009

There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force.

(Master Odan-Urr)

The Bioware equation

Posted in Various by Nightwind @ Jun 4, 2009

I am sure many of you have heard of Bioware. Bioware is a strange little phenomenon of a company that has become a legend in the realm of computer role-playing games. Working from behind a solid team of writers with amazing imagination, Bioware games have some of the best stories ever and frankly they are the only people who managed to work with worlds created by others and not only did they not wreck anything but have enriched and improved those universes. (more…)