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Britney Spears - Shaving her head photos

2007-02-18T14:16:00.000-05:00

Britney Spears has shaved her head bald, her latest erratic behaviour prompting fears that she is out of control.

She arrived unannounced at a Los Angeles hair salon demanding the staff shave off her long brunette hair. When the staff refused, the singer grabbed an electric shear and shaved her head, declaring she was doing it because she was fed up with being touched by other people.

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Angelina Jolie - photos

2007-01-03T21:01:00.000-05:00

Angelina Jolie (born June 4, 1975) is an American film actress, a former fashion model and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. She is often cited by popular media as one of the world's most beautiful women and her off-screen life is widely reported. She has received three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and an Academy Award.

After appearing as a child alongside her father Jon Voight in the 1982 film Lookin' to Get Out, Jolie's acting career began in earnest a decade later with the low budget production Cyborg 2 (1993) and she played her first leading role in a major film in Hackers (1995). She appeared in the critically acclaimed biographical films George Wallace (1997) and Gia (1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Girl, Interrupted (1999). She achieved international fame as a result of her portrayal of videogame heroine Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), and since then has established herself as one of the best known and highest paid actresses in Hollywood. She had her biggest commercial success with the action-comedy Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005).

Divorced from actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, Jolie currently lives with actor Brad Pitt, in a relationship that has attracted worldwide media attention. Jolie and Pitt have two adopted children, Maddox and Zahara, and a biological child, Shiloh. Jolie has promoted humanitarian causes throughout the world, and is noted for her work with refugees through UNHCR

Taken from wikipedia

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Commonly Misused Words

2007-01-01T20:41:00.000-05:00

Many English words have the same pronunciation but different meanings. This article gives you a handy reference to use when you are confused or in doubt about the spelling of a word you want to use. If you use the wrong spelling for a word, you can write sentences that don't say what you want to say. And, of course, using the wrong spelling does nothing to enhance your credibility as a writer...

I've included basic descriptions for each word. The confusing words are in the large green font, followed by the description of each word.

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Accept & Except

Accept = Take, Receive

1. to accept a present; to accept a proposal
2. to accept a treaty; to accept an apology
3. this socket won't accept a three-pronged plug

Except = Leave out, Exclude

1. they were all there except me
2. she would travel more except for lack of money

Affect & Effect

Affect = Influence, Impress

1. cold weather affected the crops
2. adverse criticism of the book didn't affect the author

Effect = Result, Consequence

1. exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening her skin
2. her protest had no effect

Already & All ready

Already = Before, Previously, Prior

1. Elvis already left
2. when they came in, they found he had already arrived
3. the children were already asleep when I got home

All ready = Prepared

1. she was all ready to go
2. her protest had no effect

All together & Altogether

All together = Everyone at once

1. the books lay all together in a heap

Altogether = Completely, Entirely

1. the debt amounted altogether to forty dollars
2. altogether, I'm glad the winter is over

Altar & Alter

Altar = Table of worship or sacrifices, Marry

1. put the bible on the altar
2. traditionally the groom waits at the altar

Alter = Change, Modify

1. crime has altered the growth of the city
2. this jacket needs to be altered

Ascent & Assent

Ascent = Rising, Upward movement

1. the climbers planned the ascent of Mount Rushmore
2. the spaceship's ascent took an entire day

Assent = Agree, Yield

1. the queen assented to the request for an encore
2. assenting to her demands, he did as he was told

More words coming soon...

How to hack your LG CU400 phone

2007-01-01T14:37:00.001-05:00

For all those who asked for the bluetooth data transfer enabling code,
follow these instructions:

From the home screen, type in this code:
277634#*#

If you entered the code correctly a hidden menu should show up.
Navigate to the following item:
Port Setting > Data Setting > BT Set for Data

That's all. Now press the [END] button and cycle your phone off and
on again; you should be able to send mp3's to your phone now.

If you're really brave, and you want to mess around with your phone even further (not recommended...) you can type in another code, which will bring up even more options.

While in the hidden service menu, type the following code:
2945#*#

To exit just press the [END] key.
PLEASE make sure not to mess around too much,
it may render your phone useless!

Avril Lavigne - photos

2007-01-01T12:23:00.001-05:00

Avril Ramona Lavigne (born September 27, 1984) is a Juno Award-winning, Grammy-nominated Canadian singer, songwriter, model, and occasional actress. She was originally known for her "skater" persona, but has since shed that image in favour of a more sophisticated and feminine style, although she has stated she is still a "rock chick" at heart. Her first two albums, Let Go (2002) and Under My Skin (2004), have topped charts in several countries. Her third album Best Damn Thing (2007) is to be released in April, 2007.

Lavigne is featured in Maxim magazine's Girls of Maxim gallery. In 2006, she was included in Canadian Business Magazine's ranking of the most powerful Canadians in Hollywood, grabbing the seventh position.

Taken from Avril Lavigne in wikipedia

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Monster House - Rapidshare

2006-12-31T20:59:00.000-05:00

IMDB Movie Information

Three kids DJ (Mitchel Musso), Chowder (Sam Lerner), and Jenny (Spencer Locke) discover that the house across the street from DJ's is alive. It eats anything that goes on its property. They try to convince the babysitter (Maggie Gyllenhaal), the police, and some weirdo named Skull (Jon Heder). They try to unravel the mystery of the house and they have to go inside to find that the house is voiced by Kathleen Turner. Oh my god, it's Kathleen Turner! Run for the hills! Anyway, this movie is PG-rated, great for kids, and got two-thumbs up from Ebert & Roeper. Coming to theaters July 21st 2006!

Download parts: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Battlestar Galactica Season 2 - Rapidshare

2006-12-31T17:27:00.001-05:00

The Cylons were created by the people of the Twelve Colonies. Intelligent robots, they were used as slaves and soldiers to fight humanity's wars. But the Cylons became sentient and they rebelled. Man and machine fought to a bloody stalemate, then the Cylons withdrew to a remote region of space.

A truce between the Twelve Colonies and the Cylons lasted for 40 tense and silent years. Each year, on the anniversary of the treaty-signing, humanity sent an envoy to the neutral ground of Armistice Station to meet with a Cylon envoy. For 39 years, no Cylon envoy came.

Then, on the 40th anniversary, a stunning blonde — a Cylon in human form — met the human envoy … moments before the Cylons vaporized the station and launched a genocidal attack on the Twelve Colonies.

In one devastating day, billions of human lives were consumed by nuclear fires. Only those souls fortunate enough to be aboard starships were able to band together and escape and flee into deep space, led by the sole surviving Colonial warship, the battlestar Galactica.

The Galactica and its crew seemed to be unlikely saviors for humanity's fewer than 50,000 desperate survivors. The ship was old and had been about to be decommissioned and turned into a museum when the Cylon attack occurred. In the aftermath its commanding officer, William Adama, found himself responsible for safeguarding the last remnants of the human race.

Meanwhile, the annihilation of the Colonial government on Caprica resulted in the succession of Laura Roslin, the Secretary of Education, to the presidency. Driven by prophetic visions and political necessity, she set the fleet upon a quest that will take it into the farthest reaches of unexplored space … in search of the mythical, lost "13th colony" — Earth.

LG CU400 Mobile phone

2006-12-31T13:20:00.000-05:00

Great overall phone

Had a Cingular RAZR until now and was fed up with the s-l-o-w interface and GPRS speed. I qualified for a phone upgrade and decided to go with one of the newer 3G phones. The LG CU400 looked impressive, it's got looks and function.

I got it last week and got a chance to tinker with this phone.

Bluetooth won't play nice with other peripherals, namely, it won't accept ANY data. A Cingular rep acknowledged that the LG CU400 Bluetooth will only connect to a BT headset or BT printer. However, I've managed to change that; the default setting can be overridden by entering the service code and choosing BT for data. Now I can download content directly from my computer to the phone.

J2ME apps accessing the net have 2 options only:
- Yes, always ask
- No, never grant
Which means you will have to choose an option EVERY TIME the app connects to the net (think about Opera mini)

Pros:
- RTSP Streaming (play mp3 and real player files)
- Brilliant screen
- Zippy interface
- Task manager (let's you switch between open apps)
- Tons of tools
- Fast internet speeds
- Great button layout
- Flawless video streaming, even with EDGE
- Excellent speaker (except for voice)

Cons:
- Speaker distorts voice above level 3-4 (of 7)
- Escalating ringtones
- Meager 16mb memory
- No PC Sync
- Vibrating alert on the weak side
- Annoying VERY loud startup and shut down chime

Don't know why people complain about a monochrome external screen, I think it's stylish and practical, it's supposed to be informational only. Photo ID's is just a novelty, how many photos can you possibly have?

Overall very useful phone does it's job well and perfect shape.

Battlestar Galactica Season 1 - Rapidshare

2006-12-29T12:41:00.000-05:00

Mac OSX Common processes

2006-01-03T00:25:00.000-05:00

Depending on your system and applications, some of the listed processes may or may not show up. Some of the listed processes have been discontinued as of Mac OSX 10.4 or earlier.
Last updated 1/7/2007

For a full technical listing check Apple's Developer Connection

ATSServer

Apple Type Solution Server

Apple font management

Adobe LM Service

Adobe License Management Service

This is Adobe's license management service, It's used to make sure you have a valid serial number and are not using a pirated copy of their software. This process can be killed, but it will relaunch when you use one of their products.

Apple Events

Apple Events

Provides GUI Scripting for AppleScript.

AppleFileServer

Apple File Protocol server

Shares your personal files, only present if you have enabled 'Personal File Sharing'. To enable/disable; Launch System Preferences. Select Sharing. Select the Services tab. Select Personal File Sharing and check/uncheck the box.

AppleSpell

Apple Spell

Provides spelling services throughout the system.

automount

Automatic Mount/Unmount

Automatically Mounts/Unmounts Network Filesystems.

bash

Born Again Shell

GNU's bash is a Command Line Interface (CLI) shell / interface. The application Terminal in Utilities is an example of a CLI shell that uses bash.

blued

Bluetooth daemon

Responsible for bluetooth communication.

check_afp

AFP Client Session Monitor

Monitors AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) connections.

configd

System Configuration daemon

Provides notifications to applications about system configuration changes.

coreaudiod

CoreAudio daemon

Introduced with OSX version 10.4. Used for CoreAudio Related Purposes.

coreservicesd

Core Services Daemon

Security Server.

crashreporterd

Crash Detection and Panic Logging daemon

Responsible for crash detection. Listens for exceptions and launches Crash Reporter to investigate and report the crash to the user.

cron

Crontab daemon

Responsible to execute scheduled commands. Looks through the crontab files and follows scheduled instructions. Cron wakes up every minute, to examine all stored crontab files, checking if something needs to be run in the current minute.

cupsd

Common Unix Printing System daemon

Implements an additional printing system based on the Internet Printing (IP) Protocol.

curl

Client-side URL Transfers

Used to transfer data from and to a server. Supports the following protocols: HTTP, FTP, GOPHER, DICT, TELNET, LDAP & FILE. Designed to operate autonomously.

DirectoyService

DirectoryService daemon

Part of the Open Directory technology, DirectoryService gathers directory access information which includes permissions for directories and mounted disks and provides it to whatever program requested it.

diskarbitrationd

Disk Arbitration daemon

Notifies the system about the appearance and disappearance of disks and filesystems, also manages the mounting of disks & filesystems and arbitrates claiming of disks.

distnoted

Distributed Notifications daemon

Provides distributed notifications services.

dynamic_pager

Dynamic pager external storage manager

Manages a pool of swap files which is used by the system to support demand paging (virtual memory). Dynamic pager adds swap files as system load increases, and deletes files when the resources are no longer needed.

Executor

Executor

Proprietary process by Prosoft Data Backup. You will only have this in your system if you have installed Prosoft's Data Backup program. Very difficult to get rid of, keeps showing up every time you use Data Backup; even if there isn't anything scheduled.

fsck_hfs

HFS File System Consistency Check

The fsck_hfs utility verifies and repairs standard HFS and HFS+ file systems.

ftpd

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) daemon

FTP is an internet protocol for transfering files. ftpd listens to the specified port (usually 21) for connection requests, and processes authentication and file transfers.

grep

Global Regular Expression Print

Searches an input file for lines containing a match to the given regular expression (regexp) pattern.

groff

Groff document formatting system

Groff (GNU troff) software is a Command Line Interface (CLI) typesetting package which reads plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted output.

grotty

Groff Teletypewriter driver

Grotty translates the output of GNU troff into a form suitable for typewriter-like devices.

hdid

HDI Driver

Responsible for disk image loading and for compressed disk image decompression.

httpd

Apache HyperText Transfer protocol (HTTP) server daemon

The Apache HTTP Server is an open-source HTTP server which serves pages from your computer to the public. The default server folder is located in /Library/WebServer/Documents. Usually runing only if you have 'Personal Web Sharing' slected in 'System Preferences'.

iCalAlarmScheduler

iCal Alarm Scheduler

Alerts you about upcoming appointments.

Image Capture Extension

Image Capture Extension

Works with the Image Capture application, receives events from external peripherals used by Image Capture.

iTunes Helper

iTunes Helper

init

Process control initialization

Part of the boot process. Reads the initialization information file (ttys) and executes the commands. Usually executes the login utility.

ioupsd

Input/output UPS daemon

If you have an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) connected to your computer (usually through USB), this process will monitor the UPS status. In the event of a power failure, ioupsd will follow the precedures specified in the 'Energy Saver' preferences panel.

ipconfigd

IP Configuration daemon

Retrieve configuration and sets IP network parameters automatically.

ipfwloggerd

IP Firewall Logger deamon

Logs connection attempts when a firewall is active.

kernel_task

Kernel Task

Handles system kernel tasks.

KernelEventAgent

Kernel Event Agent

Disk & server events notifications. Notifies users about file and disk problems.

kextd

Kernel Extension daemon

A daemon process that handles requests for on demand loading & unloading system extensions.

LaunchCFMApp

Launch CFM Application

Runs CFM (carbon) Applications

launchd

Launch daemon

Manages and launches deamons. launchd is the first process called by the system during startup, once running launchd looks through certain system folders for daemons to launch.

less

Less

Less alowes binary files to be read backwards.

Login

The login process logs in users into the computer.

loginwindow

Login

A program that displays the Login window after the system starts up, and allowes you to enter a username and password.

lookupd

Lookup daemon

The lookup daemon is a process that finds information like usernames, computer names, printers and IP addresses and provides the results to programs that requested them.

mDNSResponder

Multicast DNS Responder daemon

Provides network service announcement service.

mach_init

Mach Initializer

Mach kernel bootstrap (starts the system).

man

Manual

Displays and formats online UNIX manual pages.

mdimport

Metadata importer

Imports file hierarchies to spotlight metadata server (the Spotlight indexing engine).

mds

Metadata server

Metadata indexing engine for Spotlight.

mdsync

Metadata synchronizer

Metadata synchronizing for Spotlight.

memberd

Membership resolution daemon

Used by the system to resolves group membership permission conflicts.

netinfod

NetInfo daemon

Domain information server.

nfsiod

NFS asynchronous I/O server

Enables NFS (Network File System) asynchronous Input/Output data transfer (concurrent data streams), and improves disk performance.

notifyd

Notification server

Mac OS X notification system.

ntpd

Network time protocol daemon

An operating system daemon which automatically synchronizes and maintains the system time through internet standard time servers. ntpd usually checks for the correct time every 1000 seconds, if the configuration file is missing; ntpd will poll the time server every 64 seconds, until it can determine how accurate the built-in time keeping chip is and reduce the checking frequency to a level where the timescale is effectively continuous.

pcscd

PC/SC Smartcard daemon

A daemon that coordinates communications with smartcard readers. PC/SC Smartcard daemon will load the correct driver for different types of card readers allowing applications to communicate with smartcards without knowing specific technical details of the card reader chipset.

pbs

Pasteboard server

Cocoa frameworks helper & pasteboard server.

pitond

Piton daemon

Proprietary multicast daemon. Used by EMC Insignia's Retrospect backup software to find local backup client.

pmTool

Process Monitor Tool

Invoked by the Activity Monitor. Polls the system and collects detailed process information, which is usually displayed in 'Activity Monitor'.

portmap

Port Mapper

Converts RPC program numbers to DARPA protocol numbers. RPC (Remote Precedure Call) is a protocol that allows a program to execute code on another computer.

pppd

PPP (Point-to-point) daemon

A protocol used for establishing internet connections over dialup, DSL and other types of links. Some of the PPP daemon responsibilities include, IP negotiation, authentication and security.

qmasterd

Qmaster daemon

Provides automatic load distribution across processors for CPU intensive projects.

RetroRun & RetroRunSL

RetroRun

Proprietary process by EMC Insignia's Retrospect backup software

rpc.lockd

Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locking daemon

Locks files or records on a network. Monitors files & records on a network, if a user opens a file rpc.lockd locks the file for other users.

securityd

Security daemon

Maintains security & cryptographic operations and control access to keychain items. securityd was first introduced in Mac OS X version 10.0 (Cheetah) as the "Security Server" and was renamed in 10.4 (Panther) to securityd.

Shell

See bash.

slpd

SLP (Service Location protocol) daemon

Announces network services.

sshd

OpenSSH (Secure Shell) daemon

Listens for incoming ssh (secure shell) connections and provides encrypted communications over an insecure network.

syslogd

System Log utility

Processes & controls the flow of log messages from client processes.

SystemUIServer

System User Interface Server

Maintains the Menu Items on the right side of the menubar, like Date & Time, Language & other custom menus.

tbl

Table

Formats tables for the UNIX troff formatting system.

troff

Troff

Troff is a UNIX text processing program.

TWAINBridge

TWAIN Bridge

TWAIN is a standard for acquiring images from image scanners. TWAINBridge is a driver which connects TWAIN compatible devices to applications. TWAIN is maintained by The TWAIN Working Group.

update

Update

Flushes (writes) filesystem caches to the disk. Update helps protect the integrity of disk volumes by flushing volatile cached filesystem data to disk at thirty second intervals.

WindowServer

Window Server

Manages Application Windows.

xinetd

Extended Internet Service daemon

Starts programs that provide Internet services. Instead of having services like FTP, HTTP and telnet started at system boot time, and stay dormant until a connection request comes in, only xinetd is started and listens on all ports for services listed in the configuration file. When a request arrives, xinetd starts the appropriate service.