The Sisters of Mercy - First And Last and Always...

First And Last and Always(1985)
The video is from "Wake - Live at Royal Albert Hall"
First and last and always: My calling, my time
First and last and always: Mine...

The Sisters of Mercy -- More

It is off Vision Thing(1990) Another classiv track from The Sisters Of Mercy. I wonder how namy of the "EMO" bands owe a big debt to TSOM? They are and always will be the Fathers Of Goth Rock.

Sisters of Mercy - Dominion/Mother Russia

The song is from Floodland (1987)and the album cut is 7.02 long!! How and friend and i used to jamm this in the dorms at SFA in Nacogdoches Texas.

Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion

More Classic SISTERS OF MERCY circa 1987. This is still played at Numbers Club in Houston Texas

The Sisters of Mercy -- Lucretia, My Reflection

I Hear the roar of a big machine...

Skinny Puppy - Smothered Hope

Classic 1980s Industrial Dance Music!! I saw them in 1990 at Institute in Dallas TX and then in 1992 in Houston TX.

Lead into Gold - Faster Than Light

This video is from the Wax Trax Black Box VHS tape. stuart zechman-guitar, paul barker-vocals-bass, al jourgenson-guitar-bass,keyboards, martin atkins-drums, trent reznor-guitar. this is also the era when martin atkins drummed for NIN. and just after this everyone left ministry to form pigface with martin atkins, chris connolly and ogre from skinny puppy.

Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis

The Thunderbirds are Go Go Go...

The Shamen - Progen 91 (I.R.P. In The Land Of Oz)

I used to jamm in the Clubs in Southeast Texas, Houston, and Louisiana at Starz, and Club FX to this tune back in the day...

Self Inflicted...

I emailed an old friend around his birthday at the ending of November. This is the person that used to be my friend and that i had a very bad ending of a 18 year friendship with. A lot of stuff went down between us 2 years ago. I felt bad for my part in it so i emailed him and asked him to call me. He did about 2 weeks after the email.

He told me that he wondered if i was just messing with him or did i really mean that i wanted to talk to him as only 3 people called him for his birthday, hip parents, me and an old girlfriend. He berated me for about 30 minutes as was his nature about the occurrence and then tried to talk to me in his usual fashion. I was not at a place that i could talk as we were out shopping. Let me say he used to call at odd hours of the night all the time when we were friends. He was always an odd person but i overlooked that. He called me several other times that evening and i said finally that i could not talk as it was very obsessive to call that many times and could he call the next day.

When i got home, i did another email asking him not to call at odd hours of the day or night which i thought was not a strange request. He replied and said that we would have no more contact and it was left at that...

I started to think about this event and what had been said and exchanged between us during that several calls and i realized that i was not me but that it was him. It struck em very odd that only 3 people called him for his birthday and that one was me an ex friend.

Had no professional colleagues called, had no other friends called? He has or had other friends because i know them as well. Has he so totally fallen off the deep end that he has pushed everyone away from him? I guess that only time will tell but as far as i am concerned am finished with this event.



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A Few [Slashdot] Stories for you on this new year...

Here are a few for you to look at and read. Enjoy!

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| Data Theft Soars to Unprecedented Levels                           |

|   from the never-been-easier-to-be-someone-else dept.              |

|   posted by Zonk on Sunday December 30, @20:17 (Privacy)           |

|   http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/31/0034252           |

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A Wired article reports on data loss in 2007, and the numbers aren't good. [0]Credit card and social security theft was at an all-time high, with even more losses expected in 2008. Information thieves, it seems, are just one step ahead of IT security. "While companies, government agencies, schools and other institutions are spending more to protect ever-increasing volumes of data with more sophisticated firewalls and encryption, the investment often is too little too late. 'More of them are experiencing data breaches, and they're responding to them in a reactive way, rather than proactively looking at the company's security and seeing where the holes might be,' said Linda Foley, who founded the San Diego-based Identity Theft Resource Center after becoming an identity theft victim herself."

 

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    0. http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/topheadlines/~3/208658703/DATA_BREACHES

 

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| How To Lose Your Job, Thanks To The Internet                       |

|   from the it's-easy-if-you-know-how dept.                         |

|   posted by Zonk on Sunday December 30, @22:25 (The Internet)      |

|   http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/31/0111255          |

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The New York Times has up an article discussing the trend of employers tracking the 'free time' activities of their employees via their web presence. "When they do go off the clock and off the corporate network, how they spend their private time should be of no concern to their employer, even if the Internet, by its nature, makes some off-the-job activities more visible to more people than was previously possible. In the absence of strong protections for employees, poorly chosen words or even a single photograph posted online in one's off-hours can have career-altering consequences." The piece [0]likens this activity to the 'Sociological Department' that the Ford Company ran to monitor the home lives of their workers. Overstatement, or the corp as Big Brother?

 

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Links:

    0. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/business/30digi.html?ex=1356670800&en=55ef6410d3cac28e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

 

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| Most Consumers Sitting Out The High-Def War                        |

|   from the might-be-early-to-choose-sides dept.                    |

|   posted by Zonk on Monday December 31, @08:11 (Media)             |

|   http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/31/0620249              |

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The New York Times notes that, despite the increasing variety of programs on the Blu-ray and HD-DVD formats, most US consumers are [0]staying out of the DVD format war. This is a wise decision, the article states, because the two formats are essentially at a stalemate. "The two camps are victims of their own earlier success with DVD. The standard DVDs offered a quantum leap in quality from the picture and sound of VHS videotape, and for many that was more than adequate. In addition, DVD players that can convert images to near high-definition quality can be found for under $100, hundreds less than a true high-definition DVD player, further reducing the urgency to upgrade to one of the new formats."

 

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    0. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/business/31dvd.html?ex=1356757200&en=5fd426e7a62710f4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

 

 

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| Wii Hacked for Better Homebrew Games                               |

|   from the playing-with-your-own-toys dept.                        |

|   posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday December 31, @14:17 (Wii (Games|

|   http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/31/1834204        |

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[0]arbourp writes to mention that hackers Michael Steil and Felix Domke have demonstrated a way to [1]hack the Wii that makes running homebrew code much easier. "The hack advances the possibility of running homebrew code with access to full system resources on the device, not just programs that Nintendo has sanctioned. Such games might be developed to run from a DVD drive, at least in theory. No such games are available as yet and Nintendo may respond by attempting to revoke compromised encryption keys. However history shows such countermeasures are likely to ultimately prove futile."

 

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    http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/31/1834204

 

Links:

    0. mailto:paul@paularbour.com

    1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/31/nintendo_wii_hack/

 

 

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funny

The Herlihy Boy Housesitting Service: Sandler and Farley WHAT A TEAM!!

Adam Sandler - Lunch Lady

Not the same as the SNL skit...

Everlast - What Its Like

It is an oldie but a goodie!!

Everlast - Ends

Stackign Mad Chips...For The Ends

Ending of The Year 2007

I just want to wish each and every one of you Happy New Year!!

 

RMStringer

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IMBA Member: Dec 2007

 

Some Funny IMBA Posters...

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Great Little Application...

I have used this app since way before Microsoft purchased the company. It is called Process Explorer and it was originally created by Sysinternals.

Process Explorer v11.04

By Mark Russinovich

Published: November 5, 2007

Introduction

Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.

The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you'll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you'll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.

The unique capabilities of Process Explorer make it useful for tracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way Windows and applications work.

Process Explorer works on Windows 9x/Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2003, and 64-bit versions of Windows for x64 and IA64 processors, and Windows Vista.

What's new in Version 11.04:

* New treelist control for better UI responsiveness
* Asynchronous thread symbol resolution on threads tab of process properties
* More flags on groups in security tab and SID display
* Thread IDs on threads tab
* On-line search uses default web browser and search engine
* Vista ASLR column for processes and DLLs
* Vista Process and thread I/O and memory priorities in process and thread properties
* Vista Process and thread I/O and memory columns
* PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION support on process permissions on Vista
* Run as limited user runs with low IL on Vista
* Reports information for all object types on Vista
* Show details for all processes elevation menu item on Vista
* Supports replacement of task manager on Vista
* /e to launch elevated
* /s switch to select a process at startup
* Compiled w/ASLR, DEP
* Faster startup
* Miscellaneous bug fixes and minor improveme







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Computer Work Finished...

Well folks i got the computer work finished. I installed a WD500GB SATA300 drive, did away with an 80GIG and a 160GIG drive. I installed 2GIGs of Kingston KVR DDR2700 ram and added a KVR 512MB stick. I also added an Antec Truepower Trio 650watt power supply to the old box and BOY it made a big differeance. I think that i am going to get another 80-100 gig WD drive to change out the 40GIG system drive.



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A few choice [Slashdot] Stories.

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| AOL to Shut Down Netscape Support/Development                      |

|   from the lizard-had-a-good-run dept.                             |

|   posted by Zonk on Friday December 28, @16:42 (Netscape)          |

|   http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/28/2139209              |

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[0]Kelson writes "After years of trying to figure out what to do with it,

AOL is officially [1]discontinuing the Netscape browser. In the four and

a half years after they dismantled the development team and spun off the

[2]Mozilla Foundation as a lost cause, only to see [3]Firefox take off,

AOL has tried twice to reinvent Netscape. There was the chimera-like

Netscape 8, which used both Mozilla's and IE's rendering engines, and

just months ago they released Netscape 9, trying to ride the social

networking wave. AOL will release security fixes through February 1,

2008, after which the browser will officially be dead. For the

"nostalgic," they suggest using Firefox and installing a Netscape theme."

 

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    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/28/2139209

 

Links:

    0. http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/

    1. http://blog.netscape.com/2007/12/28/end-of-support-for-netscape-web-browsers/

    2. http://mozilla.org/

    3. http://mozilla.com/products/firefox/

 

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| TSA Limits Lithium Batteries on Airplanes                          |

|   from the best-kind-of-theatre-is-the-funny-kind dept.            |

|   posted by Zonk on Friday December 28, @15:26 (Security)          |

|   http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/28/1944208           |

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yali writes "The U.S. Transportation and Security Administration has

issued new rules [0]limiting travel with lithium batteries. As of January

1, [1]no spare lithium batteries are allowed in checked luggage.

Batteries carried in the cabin are subject to limitations on per-battery

and total lithium content, and spare batteries must have the terminals

covered. If you're returning home from the holidays with new toys, be

sure to check out the new restrictions before you pack."

 

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    http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/28/1944208

 

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    0. http://safetravel.dot.gov/whats_new_batteries.html

    1. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h74l-BiD30YO0rsScUm-HdpKRTuAD8TQK0CO0

 

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| Wal-Mart Closes Online Movie Download Service                      |

|   from the hard-to-fight-the-flix dept.                            |

|   posted by Zonk on Friday December 28, @13:34 (Businesses)        |

|   http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/28/1638230              |

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[0]eldavojohn writes "A year after [1]opening its movie download service,

[2]Wal-Mart has abandoned the endeavor. They claim this is a result of

HP's decision to stop supporting its video download store software. The

article also notes that, unlike iTunes, Wal-Mart offered variable pricing

which attracted a lot of studios. 'The world's largest retailer instead

turned its rental service over to Netflix Inc. Wal-Mart still operates a

music download service and continues to sell CDs and DVDs at retail

stores and over the Internet for shipping by mail.' Is this evidence of

the strength of unified pricing in media downloads or just another

company being squished by the giant Netflix & Apple?"

 

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    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/28/1638230

 

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    0. mailto:my/.username@@@gmail.com

    1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/06/0836259&tid=97

    2. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Wal-Mart-Movie-Downloads.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

 

 

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| Domains May Disappear After Search                                 |

|   from the risky-business-out-here dept.                           |

|   posted by Zonk on Friday December 28, @11:36 (Security)          |

|   http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/28/1458247           |

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[0]Ponca City, We Love You writes "Daily Domainer has a story [1]alleging

that there may be a leak that allows domain tasters to intercept, analyze

and register your domain ideas in minutes. 'Every time you do a whois

search with any service, you run a risk of losing your domain,' says one

industry insider. ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC

) has not been able to find hard evidence of Domain Name Front Running

but [2]they have issued an advisory (pdf) for people to come forward with

hard evidence it is happening. Here is how domain name research theft

crimes can occur and [3]some tips to avoiding being a victim."

 

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    0. http://poncacityweloveyou.com/

    1. http://www.dailydomainer.com/2007173-who-is-monitoring-your-domain-searches-update.html

    2. http://img.domaintools.com/blog/domain-name-front-running.pdf

    3. http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/03/stealing-domain-name-research/

 

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| Warner Music Group Drops DRM for Amazon                            |

|   from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.                       |

|   posted by Soulskill on Thursday December 27, @19:58 (Music)      |

|   http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/27/2327239              |

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SirLurksAlot sends us to Ars Technica for an article about the Warner

Music Group's [0]decision to allow DRM-free music downloads through

Amazon. This reversal of [1]Warner's former position has been [2]underway

for some time, and it boosts the number of DRM-free songs available from

Amazon to 2.9 million. Quoting: "Warner's announcement says nothing about

offering its content through other services such as iTunes, and

represents the music industry's attempt to make life a bit more difficult

for Apple after all the years in which the company held the keys to

music's digital kingdom.

 

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    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/12/27/2327239

 

Links:

    0. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071227-3down-1-to-go-warner-music-group-drops-drm.html

    1. http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/09/1653255&tid=141

    2. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/16/1733216&tid=141

 

 

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"To open the eternal worlds, to

open the immortal eyes Of man

Inwards, into the worlds of thought, into Eternity". ITN