KEMS – Block Torrents
Its official, it has been over two weeks now and KEMS has been blocking torrents. The Data Caps were somewhat removed quietly and nobody made a fuss about it but it really does seem that Kems doesn’t care about its customers. Just a few weeks back they just went and turned on their traffic throttling and blocking torrents. Its very sad that they can change the terms of our agreements without any notification. Usually in normal situations we would be able to sue because what they are doing is illegal, when you pay for your service they are bound by that contract but in our case they are changing it whenever they want.
Kems was doing so well over the past 3 years and they keep getting better and better, they were really one of the best ISPS, consistent speed, quality connections, almost never down. But then the last 6 months they took a turn for the worst and attacked their own customers with their actions, even bad mouthing their own customers. I don’t know what they had in mind for their PR campaign but it wasn’t a good one.
Vespa In A Skate Park
The last thing I would think is anyone using a Vespa for stunting in a skate park, but Boulon from Marseille does just that with a delicate skill. The legendary bowl of Marseille with his Vespa he rides arounds corners and through the basin smoothly and getting it over just right, I would probably crash it trying to go to fast, the taping of the video is fantastic.
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of All Time
The Movies:
- 1. Avatar (21 million downloads)
- 2. The Dark Knight (19 million downloads)
- 3. Transformers (19 million downloads)
- 4. Inception (18 million downloads)
- 5. The Hangover (17 million downloads)
- 6. Star Trek (16 million downloads)
- 7. Kick-Ass (15 million downloads)
- 8. The Departed (14 million downloads)
- 9. The Incredible Hulk (14 million downloads)
- 10. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (14 million downloads)
As expected Avatar topped the list but there are a few odd ones I wasn’t expecting on the list. Most of these are crazy blockbuster movies so Kick-Ass is odd man out, also I wouldn’t think that The Incredible Hulk would be there when it was the second movie and they forgot about the original. I expected The Dark Knight and Transformers, but surprised that Iron Man isn’t on the list. I remember The Departed to be a fantastic movie can’t blame it for being up there. Check on TorrentFreak below for more details.
Link: TorrentFreak
Review: G.I. Joe: Tales From The Cobra Wars Edited By Max Brooks
G.I. Joe: Tales from the Cobra Wars is an action-packed collection of all-original prose stories. Flint, Scarlett, Destro, the Baroness; they’re all here as the ongoing war between G.I. JOE and Cobra is depicted from every angel. This trade paperback presents eight novella-length tales, penned by today’s leading crime and thriller writers, such as Jonathan Maberry, Duane Swierczynski , Chuck Dixon, and Dennis Tafoya. Cobra Wars is edited by Max Brooks, who also supplies a new story, and features new illustrations for each story.
This is one of the easier reads that I have laying around the office, I always wondered when I would read so I just picked it up a few weeks ago and started reading it. First off if you are a fan of G.I.Joe then you have to pick up this book, its written in short story form, like mission logs and you have to be familiar with the characters from G.I.Joe because they jump right into it. Each short story is written by a different writer who works with the G.I.Joe Comics and all of it is edited by Max Brooks (World War Z). There are some stories that gets your blood pumping and a few times I was slightly confused because I wasn’t totally familiar with all the characters, overall it was a fun read and I would have wanted the stories to be a little longer because you do get caught up in them and by the end of the book the good guys aren’t winning.
Link: Amazon
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Hayatt Cancer Foundation – Gala Dinner
Hayatt Cancer Foundation is organizing a charity gala dinner on wednesday 26 October to raise money to buy novel chemotherapy for expatriate breast cancer patients and to buy equipment to start with the help of the Ministry of Health the machines we need to start breast cancer screening for Kuwaiti women. We need the help of all as this is a national cause and the problem not only of the women but of all the family as anyone can be the target and on each family it could be a mother, a sister, a cousin, anyone.
We are selling tables for this event:
- Table of 10 for 5000 KD – Front Row
- Table of 8 for 4000 KD – Middle Row
- Table of 10 for 3000 KD
We may also sell by seat 300 KD
The famous singer Amal Maher (sings Oum Keltoum) is our guest for the evening. A doctor is coming from USA to deliver a lecture on Breast Cancer for this occasion.
Your help is highly appreciated.
On the other hand , please Contact Me: 97700724
Thin & Powerful Laptops
- Extremely Thin with High Specs
- Screen Sizes 11 & 13 inches
- Core i5 & i7
- 4 GB Ram
- USB 3.0
- SSD
- Extremely Reasonable Priced For The Power Your Getting
- Power Machine On Steroids
- 13inch Screen
- Win 7 64 Bit Premium to Ultimate
- Core i7
- USB 3.0
- SSD
- 4-8 GB Ram
- AMD Radeon HD 6650M (1GB) Graphics Card
- Very Nice Expansion Dock
- Most Expensize
- The Work Horse, Perfect For Business But Not That Powerful
- E6320
- HD not SSD
- Windows 7 Professional
- Core i7
- 4 GB Ram
- Mid Price Range
The Round Up:
There are a lot of great laptops that have come out over the last few months, some more interesting then the rest. If you are looking for a Windows laptop then this is a very good selection, there are other laptops to choose from but I went for more mobile and powerful. If you are looking for a good robust midrange workhorse then the Dell Latitude is the best option, if you are looking for the most powerful the Sony VAIO Z is top dog at the moment, and if you are looking for high specs but extremely mobile and light then the Asus Zenbook is the best option. From reading all the details regarding the laptops I would have definitely go with the Zenbook, the Sony VAIO is a great option if price is no issue.
Matrix – Everything Is A Remix – Must Watch
Posted in Movies on 16 Oct 2011 at 1:17 pmMan I loved the Matrix and still do, it was a revolutionary movie when it came out and I still think so to this day. If you have any inclinations to martial arts then you will love this video, wouldn’t we all want the every type of martial arts downloaded to our cerebral cortex. This video of the Matrix fight scenes is compared with all the great Asian Martial Arts movies from Drunk Master all the way to Ghost In The Shell. What do you think about the Wachowski’s for using these techniques for their film? I think it doesn’t detract from the movie.
FILMS:
0:27 – Fist of Legend (1994)
0:38 – Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
0:44 – Fist of Legend (1994)
0:48 – Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
0:53 – Drunken Master (1978)
1:02 – Fist of Legend (1994)
1:09 – The Killer (1989)
1:19 – Fist of Legend (1994)
1:21 – Iron Monkey (1993)
1:31 – Once Upon A Time In China (1991)
1:36 – Fist of Legend (1994)
1:41 – Tai-Chi Master (Twin Dragons) (1993)
1:45 – Philip K. Dick Speech (youtube.com/watch?v=jXeVgEs4sOo&feature=related) (1977)
2:18 – Strange Days (1995)
2:24 – Akira (1988)
2:30 – Total Recall (1990)
3:24 – Alice In Wonderland (1951)
3:42 – The Killer (1989)
3:53 – A Better Tomorrow (1986)
4:05 – Ghost In The Shell (1995)
4:32 – Akira (1998)
4:39 – Koyannisqatsi (1982)
4:49 – Dr. Who: The Deadly Assassin (1976)
5:10 – Ghost In The Shell (1995)
Link: Vimeo
An Amazing Night Ride
Riding season is upon us and so we must ride, honestly there is no better feeling of that rush when you first hit the road. I tried with all my will to remain calm and collected, to take it slowly when I get back on that bike, its been a few months since I was on, to get my bearings and the feeling right, but I was TOTALLY over the top and gunned it the moment I could, I didn’t even realize I only had a quarter of the tank left. This was right after work and Tristar just brought my bike back, I just updated my playlist and was ready to ride.
I love riding the Ducati Diavel is appeases my need for top-speed horsepower and throttle-cracking torque. This really feels like an Italian bread machine, everything about it screams Ducati attitude, I especially love the color scheme of carbon fiber and red. Heading down the road I was on a high, taking corner to corner as if my life depended it on it. I tried riding a bit more sensibly but I couldn’t get the excitement out of me. I could even see other riders and how happy they were riding, there were a few idiots on the road but they couldn’t ruin my mood. I was only out riding for two hours but it was a world of time and I made the best of it. Ducati has really come along over the years and the last thing anyone thought they would do a few years ago is make a cruiser, they thought they would stick to race bred machines, but instead they built the Diavel which is stylish, powerful, and an elite enthusiast machine.
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Voltron – THE END
Posted in TV on 15 Oct 2011 at 12:48 pmI always have the music of Voltron playing in my head after they win, never had I thought that they would meet their end, its just incomprehensible. What if Voltron meets a horrific fate? Director Alex Albrecht ponders this doomsday scenario in his new fan movie, Voltron: The End, which stars Timothy Omundson (Carlton Lassiter from Psych).
Top 10 Richest Politicians Of The World In 2011
Posted in News on 15 Oct 2011 at 10:30 am
Now this is a very interersting list of politicians, a few numbers seem off because they don’t really make a lot of sense but they might only be off by a few billion. Some of them say they are verified by Forbes but I don’t have a clue how Forbes would even be able to verify some of them as they have assets unknown to people.
- 10 Silvio Berlusconi – The Prime Minister Of Italy – $9 Billion
- 9 Hans-Adam II, The Prince of Liechtenstein $7.6 billion
- 8 Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the current President of the United Arab Emirates $18 billion
- 7 Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born, Indian President of the Indian National Congress $19 billion
- 6 Hassanal Bolkiah, Sutan of Brunei $20 billion
- 5 King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz $21 billion
- 4 Bhumiboi Adulyadej, Monarch-King of Thailand $35 billion
- 3 Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin $40 billion
- 2 Hosni Mubarak, the former President of Egypt $70 billion
- 1 Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum who is the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates $80 Billion
Link: LuxuryLaunches
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