After posting part one, part two and part three, here is the 4th interview in the exorcism series: Interview No. 4. Location: Riyaadh, Saudi Arabia Date 2/4/88 Name: `Abdullaah Mushrif al- `Amree Date of Birth: 1964 CE Place of Birth: Riyaadh Education: BA from Imama Ibn Sa’ood Islamic University in the field of Hadeeth. Q. [...]
Entries from August 31st, 2005
New Documentary Sheds Light On Raelian Practices
August 31st, 2005 · No Comments · Psychology, Religion
Wired reports of a new documentary that sheds light on how Raelians use sex to incite nerds to join their cult: Two amateur documentary makers say they’ve infiltrated the UFO cloning sect known as the Raelians and come away with candid videos they hope will further tarnish the group’s reputation and even help shut it [...]
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Get Your Own Robot Slave
August 30th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Mobiles & Gadgets
The BBC reports that it’s now possible to get your own personal domestic robot: A robot that recognises up to 10 faces and understands 10,000 words is to be offered to Japanese consumers looking for a high-tech helper in the house. The one-metre tall humanoid Wakamaru robot is being marketed as a mechanical house-sitter and [...]
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Overclocking Yourself
August 28th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff
Tomshardware has an excellent (and somewhat funny) roundup of all the different drinks you can have to “overclock” yourself: As IT professionals, we all appreciate the value of optimized hardware, the best, tweaked software, and the cleanest code. When a computer is slow, we inject it with a new lease on life by giving it [...]
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The Decline Of The Geek Blogs
August 28th, 2005 · No Comments · Blogs, Internet
A good article has been written at The Blog Herald about the decline of geek bloggers: Duncan Riley> I’m never one to mince words, so I’m getting straight to it: the geek bloggers are in decline and there is very little they can do about it. But before the flames start let me explain further [...]
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The Coming Of The Poker Bots
August 28th, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Coding & Web Development, Crime, Internet, Video Games
Wired has a piece on how people are using poker bots to make easy money: It’s late one Wednesday afternoon, and CptPokr is logged on to PartyPoker.com and ready to play. Onscreen, the captain exudes a certain brash charisma – broad shoulders, immaculate brown hair, restless animatronic eyes. He looks like he should be playing [...]
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Interview With An Exorcist – Part 3
August 24th, 2005 · 2 Comments · Paranormal
After posting part one and part two, here is the 3rd interview in the exorcism series: INTERVIEW NO. 3 Location: Cairo, Egypt Date:10/8/88 Name: Sa’eed Muhammad Date Of Birth: 1946 Education: Diploma from the `Ibaad ad-Du’aa’ Institute Q. When did you begin practicing exorcism? A. I begin practicing more than ten years ago. Q. What [...]
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Marbella Mourn King Fahd
August 24th, 2005 · No Comments · Middle East
The Sunday Times has an intersting piece on how the late King Fahd is being mourned in Marbella. The reason for this of course being his ridiculous spending: This is a country in mourning for a beloved ruler, a great man who gave so much to them — yes, Spain is feeling real heartache at [...]
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Dept 1127 (birthblace of UNIX) Is Gone
August 17th, 2005 · No Comments · Computers In General
Unixreview posts that Dept 1127 (birthplace of UNIX) has been dispanded . An Exerpt: In 1969, UNIX was created at Bell Labs. For decades, the source of the AT&T dialect of UNIX came from the researches of workers in department 1127. When the “Baby Bells” split from “Ma Bell,” department 1127 survived. When AT&T and [...]
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Interview With An Exorcist – Part 2
August 17th, 2005 · 9 Comments · Paranormal
After posting part one last week, here is the 2nd interview in the exorcism series: Interview NO. 2 Location: Cairo Date: 9/8/88 Name: ` Abdul – Khaaaliq al- Attaar Date Of Birth: 1920 Education: Law degree from Cairo University, 1950. Memorized complete Qur’aan and studied sharee’ah at the College of Law. Q. When and why [...]
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