al-Jazeera offline
Here's an interesting bit of news. al-Jazeera, the Qatar based Arabic-language news firm has been taken offline. Why? The amount of traffic the site was getting was too overwhelming. Few reasons why: 1) There were lots of people who figured getting the news from al-Jazeera was better than the antiseptic CNN, 2) the site simply didn't have the bandwidth CNN can afford, so we shouldn't expect the same service; 3) the pro-US hackers were just having a field day with the site. On the last point, this was what's been happening to al-Jazeera since they decided to air footage of the US soldiers captured by Iraqi forces. Apparently, there has been a back and forth between pro-war and anti-war hackers, taking over, defacing and rendering sites in both camps useless. Welcome to the new age of protest.
Of Movies
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut -- This is one hilarious movie -- but boy is it rude. It's rude beyond the point of being offensive. The movie takes the good taste filter off and amuses with humour that simulate the juvenile in us. Every now and again though, that little kid in us needs to be amused -- and this movie will certainly do that. If you're offended by the movie, it's because the adult in you is watching. The Brothers Grimm -- This was an OK fantasy movie, moving at a good pace, with the appropriate level of action and humour. The special effects were well done -- and so was the cinematography. If you missed it in the theatre, you didn't miss much however. You can catch it on DVD. The Aristocrats -- This is a movie about a joke. One joke. That's it. The delivery however -- now that was something else. The delivery was sick, sick, sick. This is an in-joke for comedians that have been numbed by jokes for us regular folk. The only thi...
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