May 31, 2006
Posted at: 4:37 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Rants and Randomness, Tech and Web
The website piratebay.org which was the worlds largest BitTorrent tracker was shutdown this morning by the Sweedish Government. I was talking to Zach about this today and after discussing it, I decided to blog it. The following was taken of the PirateBay Website
In the morning of 2006-05-31 the Swedish National Criminal Police showed a search warrant to Rix|Port80 personnell. The warrant was valid for all datacentres of Rix|Port80 and was directed at The Pirate Bay. The allegation was breach of copy-right law, alternatively assisting breach of copy-right law.
Unlike the US, Sweeden does not have copyright laws that prevent them from running a service to others. Since the site was shutdown, there has been such an uproar about not being able to pirate software, music, games and movies in Sweeden, members of Piratebay formed their own Political Party. The Pirate Bay Party is now running for government office so that they will be able to pirate files. Also since they shutdown the site, the commotion that it caused made the government prepare for the election really soon. Their platform will be to pirate files and the other party’s platform will be non pirated files.
It would be really cool to have Pirates running the sweedish government. We will see what the future holds for Sweeden.
bittorrent, copyright, government, illegal software, piracy, pirate bay, political party, sweeden
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May 30, 2006
Posted at: 5:34 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Entertainment and News, Sports and Leisure, Tech and Web
The first rule of Techy Fight Club is - you do not talk about Techy Fight Club.
The second rule of Techy Fight Club is - you DO NOT talk about Techy Fight Club.
Third rule of Techy Fight Club, someone yells F1, the programming is over.
Fourth rule, only (binary) 10 techies to a program.
Fifth rule, one program at a time, coders.
Sixth rule, no shirt, no shoes.
Seventh rule, coding will go on as long as they have to.
And the eighth and final rule, if this is your first night at Techy Fight Club, you have to code.
Now these are not the actual rules of fight club for techies, but it is still funny.
MENLO PARK, California - They may sport love handles and Ivy League degrees, but every two weeks, some Silicon Valley techies turn into vicious street brawlers in a real-life, underground fight club.
The closest I ever got to this type of fighting was when I played hockey in High School and we would Locker Box with Gloves and Helmets and just punch each other in the head. It wasnt very smart, but it was fun at the time. However, we wouldn’t suffer broken ribs or arms like these guys are.
computer geeks, Fight Club, fighting, silicon valley, techies
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May 26, 2006
Posted at: 9:02 am by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Professional, Tech and Web
Remember when all we had were 28.8 modems for dialup to some ISP. Remember when we moved to 56K Modems and everything seemed to load so much faster, but only the people who could afford the modem actually had them. That time may be back, but not for the average user at home, but for the business running the website.
Welcome to the brave new Web, brought to you by Verizon, Bell South, AT&T and the other telecommunications giants (including PopSci and CNN.com’s parent company, Time Warner) that are now lobbying Congress to block laws that would prevent a two-tiered Internet, with a fast lane for Web sites able to afford it and a slow lane for everyone else.
Not only will this be a hindrance to most people who try to go to their favorite but poor website, and all of a sudden people stop going to the site because it takes to long to load. After that the company who is predominantly web-based will no longer exist because their primary medium is preventing them from getting traffic and business.
I understand the following comment that Christopher Yoo, a professor at Vanderbilt University Law School said, but I disagree with it.
consumers should be willing to pay for faster delivery of content on the Internet, just as many FedEx customers willingly shell out extra for overnight delivery. “A regulatory approach that allows companies to pursue a strategy like FedEx’s makes sense,” he says.
The only problem is there is a major difference between FedEx and the Internet. I feel that people who use FedEx to speed up the delivery process but they are not depending on the Internet to function in their jobs and lives. However, the internet has grown a lot bigger in the past 10 years making it a value that average people have grown to require in their daily lives.
AT&T, Bell South, Fast Lane, Fed Ex, High Speed Websites, Internet, Vanderbilt University, Verizon, Web Toll, Yoo
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May 24, 2006
Posted at: 11:23 am by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Professional, Tech and Web
I was searching for some Firefox extensions for Web Developers and I stumbled across one called “IE Tab”. This allows web developers to quickly render the current page from Firefox into Internet Explorer. Once you are done looking at the page in IE, you can then render it back into Firefox.
If you would like to download it, go to “IE Tab” link from Firefox Extensions and click “Install Now”. Once it is installed, restart Firefox and it will be ready to use.
To use: Right click on a tab in Firefox and click “switch rendering engine” or if you are not in a tab, right click anywhere in the page and click “view page in IE Tab”.
CSS, development, Firefox Extensions, IE in Firefox, IE Tab, Render in IE, web browser, web development tools
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May 21, 2006
Posted at: 4:21 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Rants and Randomness, Tech and Web
After breaking my old phone by dropping it, I went to Verizon to see how much it would cost to fix. They informed me that I have had my current phone for 2 years and I could get a new one up to $100. Of course being a techy, I needed to get the coolest features. Along with my phone I got a wireless bluetooth headset that makes it so much cooler.
Basic Information
Talk time: 225 minutes
Standby time: 163 hours
Size: 3.58H x 1.92W x 1.03D inches
Weight: 4.16 oz
Basic Features
* All Digital Phone
* 1.3 Megapixel Camera with flash
* Connect with Bluetooth
* MiniSD External Memory Port
* Speakerphone
* Voice Dialing
* Color Screen
Other Features
* Bluetooth
* Get It Now
* Mobile Web 2.0
* Picture Messaging
* Removable Memory
* Video Messaging
* V CAST Music
* V CAST
Bluetooth, LG, new phone, phone, VCast, verizon, Wireless Technology
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May 15, 2006
Posted at: 5:51 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Rants and Randomness
Sorry about my blog being down….my entire domain expired and I forgot to renew it….so this is me being stupid 
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May 12, 2006
Posted at: 11:23 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Professional, Rants and Randomness, Tech and Web
So after 5 months of work, my senior project is complete and it culminated with me presenting to 4 faculty members of the Computer Science Department. I think it went really well considering I was very nervous, but there was one thing that I remembered from Zach and that was to be confident in the application. There were times when I was asked questions that I didn’t know how to answer, but the first thing that came to mind I said and they accepted it.
I do know what I am talking about with the application, but I really feel that I was really nervous. I hope I get an “A” because I worked really hard at Call Log
AJAX, Call Log, Computer Science, CS, ITS, Senior Project, web programming
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May 09, 2006
Posted at: 11:30 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Sports and Leisure
The Red Sox/Yankees rivalry is the biggest in all of sports and everyone knows it. Two teams fighting for not only the top spot in the AL East, a pennant but more importantly fan respect. Being a die hard Red Sox fan, you are very emotional when it comes to these games against our biggest competition.
Everyone who expected the Red Sox to fall to the “Big Unit” Randy Johnson and his pinstriped goons was sorely mistaken. Johnson went 3 2/3 innings giving up 5 hits and 7 runs in which only 2 of them were against him. The Yankees had 3 errors which cost them those runs. It was the Unit’s shortest outing against the Red Sox since Sept. 7, 1991. Beckett gave up a 2 run homer to Giambi in the first inning, but went solid for the next 6 innings.
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When Bernie Williams stepped up to the plate late in the game, he was upset with one of the called strikes for the K, slammed his bat against the ground and threw his helmet at the Umpire and was ejected from the game. It made my night
Red Sox Record (20-12)
Schilling Takes the mound tomorrow night
baseball, Beckett, Boston, johnson, MLB, New York, Red Sox, rivalery, schilling, Sox, Yankees
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May 07, 2006
Posted at: 5:04 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Sports and Leisure
After 36 career games, Lenny DiNardo finally has a win on his record. It wasn’t looking good for him in the first inning when he walked 4 batters in a row to give the birds a 1-0 lead, but then he got out of the jam and ended the inning. In the bottom of inning with the bases juiced, Jason Varitek launched a grand slam into the visiting bullpen putting a quick 4 spot on the board.
After the top of the 5th inning, the score was 4-2 Red Sox. Nixon doubled knocking in two runs and then three batters later, Lowell doubled to bring in two more.
The final score was 10-3 Red Sox
Red Sox Record (19-12)
Lenny DiNardo (1-0)
Red Sox, Boston, Sox, Jason Varitek, Trot Nixon, Mike Lowell
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May 07, 2006
Posted at: 4:50 am by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Entertainment and News, Rants and Randomness
I want to ask how stupid some people can be during the last few weeks of school. Spring Fling is setup to be a relaxing celebration of another year completed at Plymouth State University; however, some people take it as a time to be stupid.
I watched someone drive down the Russell st in front of my apartment and try to get away from the cops in their car. Now it wouldn’t be so bad if they had a fast car and if they knew where they were going, but when you take slow turns using your signal and then take off down the street, you’re not getting far.
I am completely against people driving drunk, but if you decide to go that route, don’t be dumb and try to run. It is pure common sense, but it is that common sense that is lacked when you drink heavily.
Even though that was a very interesting to sit there and watch people get arrested after the concert, it is very upsetting that I was not on the Spring Fling Committee this year. For the past few years I have been part of the planning and implementation of Spring Fling and besides PACE, it is the most fulfilling experience to know that you run an event for the entire student body to enjoy.
This year the committee decided to get Rahzel as the MC and Black Violin to open for Talib Kwali.
Spring Fling 2006, Spring Fling, PSU, Plymouth State, Talib Kwali, Rahzel, Black Violin
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