Santa Claus, xboxes and hackers

Apparently, Santa Claus’s gmail account was hacked a while ago by some incredibly smart hackers who realized his password was something like “mrsclaus123” and thus, the legend has been both confirmed and demolished. 

The good news is that Santa does exist, but the bad news is that he’s not so jolly as one might have thought until now… Having discussions with Jesus, Satan, the “hottest elf magazine” and so on, he proves he is just an ordinary man with his little perks, gossips, and even a MOM!

I can say that I’m pretty dissapointed right about now, and I’m going to be a very very bad boy all this year, maybe I’ll get an XBox…

[via Meeku]

Loc de chirie pentru cort

Via Sandu, am dat peste un anunt buclucas in Piata-AZ online azi… textul anuntului cuna suna cam asa: 

Om gospodar cu curte mare dau in chirie teren pt camping-corturi, in cart. Intre Lacuri, str. Sperantei, parter, 2 mp, confort: ca la usa cortului, aer conditionat, telefon mobil (al tau), tv cablu (al meu, dar iti poti agatza chilotii la uscat), garaj sub bloc, loc de parcare langa cort (1-2 biciclete), loc in pivnita (doar cand ploua torential), uscator(cablul anterior precizat), loc in pod (cand nu te mai tzine nervu’ + sfoara BONUS, din banii de garantie). Pret 250 EUR, negociabil

Evident ca anuntul o sa dispara la un moment dat, deci am facut si un mic printscreen pentru posteritate…

Sunt curios totusi al cui e numarul de telefon.

Craving for pizza

Asa plictisit de duminica, si cum mi s-a atras atentia ca nu am mai scris demult, o sa va las sa cititi o istorioara funny funny de tot… Inca mai zambesc cand ma gandesc la ea… 

Diana: pfff, am o poveste naspa cu craving for pizza

.marius: order in 
Diana: no
Diana: merg vineri in oras w/friends
.marius: like next friday?
Diana: la un moment dat, mi se aprinde un beculetz ca vreau pizza carbonara
.marius: ah 
.marius: last friday 
Diana: i’m not into povesti din viitor
Diana: mna
Diana: si un prieten zice hai sa introduce you to supa de ceapa, ca el zicea ca-i buna
Diana: si ca ne luam dup-aia o pizza pe dindoua la marty
Diana: mergem la marty: “n-avem locuri, numai la nefumatori”
Diana: kkt, mergem in pub
Diana: gasim masa aproape de intrare
Diana: aprind o tzigara
Diana: vine chelneru “ne pare rau, asta e zona de nefumatori”
Diana: super
.marius: LOL
Diana: staaaaaaaaaaaai
Diana: mai este
Diana: vin niste tipi, prietenu cu prietenu asta, se duc mai incolo si gasesc o masa
Diana: bogdan merge la ei sa-i convinga sa facem schimb, ca ei nu fumau
Diana: ok, facem schimb
Diana: satisfacuti, scoatem toti tzigarile
Diana: )la urmatoarea masa inspre bar fumau toti)
Diana: apare chelneru “si aici e nefumatori”
Diana: plm, inca 50 cm e nefumatori si daca intind mana in dreapta pot fuma?
Diana: mna
Diana: se ridica altzii de la fumatori
Diana: noi la atac
Diana: vine alt chelner
.marius: rezervata 
Diana: io:”o pizza carbonara la 2 farfurii”
Diana: el” dureaza minim o ora jumate”
Diana: like… wtf!?
Diana: asta e o poveste adevarata
Diana: si ne-am bagat picioarele
Diana: daaaaaaaaaaar ieri am comandat
.marius: pot sa te pun pe blog? 
.marius: cu povestea asta? 
Diana: by all means, si-asa n-ai mai prea postat
.marius: oh! 
.marius: you missed my posts.. 
Diana: da’ sa se tzina cont ca in pub nu e nici o incapere separata (inchisa ermetic), fumatori/nefumatori
Diana: oh i must have
Diana: mna, imi comad ieri pizza carbonara, deja salivam de 2 zile…. vine pizza….cu o tona de ceapa pe ea
Diana: da’ tot m-am indopat…..i wanted to hurt myself cu pizza aia… 

The birdman

I was talking about yesterday about people FLYING with nothing else than an air suit, and I just stumbeled n this dude… 

Swiss professional pilot Yves Rossy, the world’s first man to fly with fitted jet fuel powered wings strapped to his back, flying during his first official demonstration. Rossy flew into the history books by crossing from France to Britain on only a jet powered wing, describing afterwards, how he felt like a bird over the English Channel.

Yves Rossy 49, touched down in a field on top of the white cliffs of Dover after completing the 35- kilometer journey over one of biggest shipping lanes.

He had nothing above him but four tanks of kerosene and nothing below him but the cold waters of the English Channel. But Yves Rossy leapt from a plane and into the record books on Friday, crossing the channel on a homemade jet-propelled wing.

Rossy jumped from the plane about 8,200 feet over Calais, France, blasting across the narrow body of water and deploying his parachute over the South Foreland lighthouse, delighting onlookers who dotted Dover’s famous white cliffs, cheering and waving as Rossy came into view.

Backed by a gentle breeze, Rossy crossed the Channel in 13 minutes, averaging 125 miles per hour. In a final flourish, he did a figure eight as he came over England, although the wind blew him away from his planned landing spot next to the lighthouse.

“It was perfect. Blue sky, sunny, no clouds, perfect conditions,” the Swiss pilot said after touching down in an adjacent field. He said he wanted to show, “it is possible to fly, a little bit, like a bird.”

Onlookers scooped up their children, picnics and dogs to race to the landing site as Rossy posed for photographs. His ground crew doused him with champagne, and the pilot swigged greedily from the bottle as he waved to the band of onlookers gathered to cheer him and take pictures with cell phone cameras.

A small airplane zipped across the sky with a banner that read: “Well done Jet Man.”
Rossy said he had watched passenger ferries cutting a path between the Britain and France as he tore through the air.

“I was happy to be faster than them,” he said. He said the Channel crossing was the realization of a dream. “That’s the most gratifying thing you can do,” he said. Rossy’s trip – twice delayed due to bad weather – was meant to trace the route of French aviator Louis Bleriot, the first person to cross the narrow body of water in an airplane 99 years ago.

The Channel has attracted a range of adventurers and stuntmen over the years, most drawn to the 21-mile wide neck of water between Dover and Calais.

Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American doctor John Jeffries were the first to fly from Britain to mainland Europe in a hot air balloon in 1785.

Rossy’s wing was made from carbon composite. It weighs about 121 pounds when loaded with fuel and carried four kerosene-burning jet turbines. The contraption has no steering devices. Rossy, a commercial airline pilot by training, wiggled his body back and forth to control the wing’s movements.
He wore a heat-resistant suit similar to that worn by firefighters and racing drivers to protect him from the heat of the turbines. The cooling effect of the wind and high altitude also prevented him from getting too warm.

Rossy, who spent months preparing for the cross-Channel flight, has said he wants to fly across the Grand Canyon in Arizona next.

As for the 13 lonely minutes he spent aloft between England and France, he assured reporters he felt no fear.

“I was under tension. But fear? The day I fear, I don’t go,” Rossy said

I believe I can flyyyyy!!!

Damn sweet! via aiurea@ am ajus la un clip de pe cnet.ro si mi s-a facut pielea de gaina! Oamenii aia chiar ZBOARA! si nu, nu in modul “conventional” cu avionul/elicopterul/deltaplanul sau alte metode deja consacrate, ci doar cu niste costume speciale. Sunt convins ca s-a mai facut, poate ati si vazut dar chestia asta merita toti banii, toate zilele de spitalizare, TOT! Vorba celor de la mastercard: PRICELESS… 

Tocmai am descoperit ceva ce ar putea sa introduca mai multa adrenalina in mine decat bungee jumping, si daca stam sa ne gandim, e destul de apropiata miscarea… base jump + gliding… 

 

Acoustic Aroma, Christmas Edition

Sambata seara, 13 Decembrie 2008 de la orele 21 in My Way (P-ta Unirii, langa Fire), cel mai proaspat, “incendiar” si de treaba club din Cluj Napoca, prezinta “Acoustic Aroma Christmas Edition” by Razvan Krivach.

Performeri:

 

  • Razvan Krivach (vox,guit,winds),
  • Sese (pian,bass),
  • Vava (drums,perc),
  • Artax (visuals).

 

Cine doreste sa sprijine evenimentul sa anunte mai departe!

Va multumim, Sarbatori fericite!

 

Romania va trece cu bine de criza economica

Specialistii BNR au declarat intr-un comunicat de presa ca au gasit solutia crizei economice in care tara noastra se afla impreuna cu marile puteri economice ale lumii. Decizia a fost unanim acceptata, si avand in vedere ca Romania este recunoscuta pentru spiritul incredibil de ascutit in ale inventiilor si alte cele, se pare ca vom reusi din nou sa fim primii pentru o vreme in Europa, si chiar in lume. Americanii ne vor bate la usa, Francezii ne vor trimite vinuri, Elvetienii isi vor muta bancile la noi, si Rusii vor bea o votca in cinstea noastra.

De multe ori se spune ca la o problema foarte complexa, o solutie simpla este de obicei cea mai buna. Drept urmare, specialistii BNR amintiti mai sus in frunte cu domnul Lupulescu deschid o noua fila in cartea de istorie, prin aceasta solutie simpla, dar radicala. 

Va prezentam noua diviziune a viitoarei monede unice mondiale RON’ul. Va rugam observati filigranul, partea din lastic, textul in relief si bineinteles consistenta bancnotei facuta evident din plastic pentru a putea fi uitata in blugi inainte de introducerea acestora in masina de spalat Albalux 11. 

Prsonajul reprezentat este bineinteles singur om de pe planeta care a reusit sa numere pana la INFINIT (de 2 ori!!!) si este inca printre noi: Domnul Chuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk Norris! 

[Photo Via Rares Popeia]

Addendum: Pentru cei care intelege, care este, sunt curios cum vom reusi sa explicam functionalitatea operatorului NABLA babelor de la tarabele din piata si vanzatoarelor din magazine. 

Dialog inchipuit: 

” – Leano! 
– Ce ai fa?!
– Schimba si mie infinitu asta mare cu doua mai mici…
– Nu mai am fa, ca o venit ala cu mertzanu si i-am dat lui alea mici…
– Atunci las’ ca-i cer lu’ Veta… ”

 

Windows Supports Linux!

It was about time this happened, and honestly, I’m going to personally write a letter of recommendation to everyone that wants to use Windows this way. The procedure is simple, I can offer free trainings on it, I will even come to your place, almost for free… 

Below you have a basic example, but the various situations you can take advantage of this situation are basically limitless… 

[Pictures from Ducu Epure]


 

BEC – BEST Engineering Competition

    BEC (BEST Engineering Competition) este o competitie inginerească între echipe formate din studenti ce lucrează împreună pentru a rezolva probleme si a construi dispozitive, pe diferite teme date de companii si BEST. 

      În anul 2000, BEST împreună cu CFES (Federatia Canadiană a Studentilor Ingineri) au stabilit o colaborare de succes. Unul dintre rezultatele acestei colaborări este competiția inginerească (BEST Engineering Competition), un eveniment ce reunește în Canada 51 000 de studenți ingineri. Prima competitie inginerească CFES a avut loc la Universitatea Waterloo în anul 1985, anul acesta ajungând la a 22-a editie. Primul eveniment BEST Engineering Competition organizat în Europa a avut loc în Eindhoven, Olanda, în anul 2003. 

      Elementele cheie ale BEST Engineering Competition sunt:
            – Comunicarea
            – Creativitatea
            – Munca în echipă
            – Abilitătile tehnice
            – Abilitătile de prezentare si negociere

      Acest proiect completează legatura creată deja de BEST între studenti, companii si Universitate. Prin acest proiect ne dorim o completare a celorlalte servicii pe care le oferim studentilor în scopul unei dezvoltări multilaterale atât prin studii cât și prin interacțiunea cu mediul de lucru al companiilor. 

      În acest an BEST Cluj-Napoca îsi prezintă BEC astfel:
            * între 8-12 decembrie în Universitatea Tehnică
            * 2 competitii BEST locale în urma cărora câstigatori ajung la faza națională
            * 4 companii: P&G, Rehau, Siemmens si Tenaris Silcotub
            * 6 competitii de team design si case study
            * Se aplică până în 4 Decembrie
            * Premii în valoare de 400€ / competitie

            Challenge Solutions now in the BEST way, 
                  Echipa BEST Cluj-Napoca 

Aflati mai multe pe site-ul evenimentului: http://bec.bestcj.ro