A world without rules

Posted by multippt

Now, it’s really rare to see anyone offer up their forum for large-scale spamming, but hey, it’s a sport! Welcome to the world of flame war forums, the ultimate place where absolutely no one gets banned for commiting any forsaken forum crimes. What are the rules of this forum? Absolutely none. Actually, the more lower your reputation, the better it is. Let the flame wars begin!

Quote:
“I think the internet doesn’t have enough sanctioned areas for flame wars. Often you see them in forums or blogs and they are either locked or deleted. Sometimes members are even banned. But not here. FTF promises to give you free reign on flaming whoever you want, whenever you want, and however you want. Yeah it’s risky I know.

The rules of the site are simple…we have none. I hope we never have rules. Rules suck.

FTW (Flame the World) is the sites motto.”

*Warning: This site may have profanities beyond your imagination.
*Disclaimer: Do not ever, ever try this on other forums, unless you want to get banned. Oh, the site is not owned by me.

Via Flame wars forum

Greensburg, Kansas almost wiped clean off the map by tornado

Posted by multippt

The siren was sounded at 8.35 pm. Residents of Greenwsburg, Kansas, USA then started scurrying to their safe haven - their underground bunkers (though, some had to improvise if there weren’t any of those nearby). An hour later, the residents heard a loud screeching and crushing sound, that lasted for a few minutes. Moments later, the they emerge out of their hiding spots, to find their house, in fact everything, almost flattened. The scene was pretty much like the atomic bomb - everything seemingly destroyed for as far as one can see.

That was one of the tales probably told by a survivor of the late Greensburg tornado. The tornado caused massive destruction to the city. Most buildings were instantaneously demolished by the tornado. The death toll hit over 10.

This tornado, dubbed “the Greensburg tornado”, was rated at 5 using the enhanced Fujita scale, making it the first EF5 tornado since the scale was established in February, 2007. The tornado (or supercell) was measured at 2.2km in diameter. Things didn’t help that several other tornados also sprung up in the aftermath of the EF5 tornado.

It was reported that about 95% of the city was severely damaged by the tornado, while the other 5% suffered some damage [but not as bad compared to the other 95%]. The known structures spared from the tornado was the courthouse and the grain elevator.

The affected area was fully evacuated after the incident, and only residents are allowed to enter the area.

The supercell resulted in the formation of tornados, which resulted in widespread flooding arising from very heavy downpours (and even hails).

*Tornados are fairly common in Tornado alley, USA, during this time of the year. Hence, it is not too surprising that a few strong tornados would erupt.

Earth day - Celebrate it online

Posted by multippt

Today is the day where we will look at the skies and become more aware of the surroundings and the environment.

Other than celebrating Earth day by turning off your computer, why not research on it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_day

US’s worst school massacre - Gunman kills 32 at university

Posted by multippt

There were a series of shootouts at the Virginia Tech University, USA, that left 33 people dead (including the gunner).

A gunman dressed in a black leather coat and maroon hat managed to kill at least 32 students at the university on his rampage, before turning the gun on himself and committed suicide. Witnesses have described scenes of mass chaos, whereby students leapt out of the campus windows in an attempt to escape, and some crouched on the floor to avoid gunfire.

There were two separate shootings in the campus on the same day - just two hours apart. The first shootout left 2 people dead (includes the death toll of 33 people). It is not fully clear if the first shoot out was directly linked to the second one.

However, even after the first shootout, the university was not closed, and information on the first shootout was only heard of by email after nearly two hours after the shootout (just before the second shootout occurred).

Most of the deaths occurred in the classrooms, whereby the gunner barged into the classroom and started firing. In one class, only 4 students out of the 25 were left unharmed - the rest were either unconscious or badly injured.

The situation was contained when heavily armed police enforcement arrived at the university campus.

The gunner managed to fire up to 100 rounds before turning the gun on himself.

Windows XP to be phased out by next year

Posted by multippt

While Windows Vista has already been released (plus all of those nice “Windows Vista” campaigns), not all users of Windows XP are willing to make the switch. For one, it could be because of the many issues (especially in the software compatibility area) Vista have that users come across, and it turned them away.

This slow switch could also be partly influenced by the fact that PC makers are still shipping OEM copies of Windows XP (pre-loaded operating system). Another possible reason could be the price, seeing that a decent version of Windows Vista costs almost more than 1.5 times that of Windows XP (not to mention hardware support to get the most out of Windows Vista).

Microsoft has decided that by 2008, it would stop producing OEM copies of Windows XP (just like retail copies of Windows Vista, which was already done earlier this year), and that computer makers would have to get Windows Vista instead. This move would get more users to switch to Windows Vista, especially those looking for a new computer.

Via APC magazine

April fool’s jokes come online

Posted by multippt

Earlier, we came across Google’s very own TiSP. Of course, Google aren’t the only lot that have came out with tricks up it’s own sleeve

Of course, these April fool jokes don’t last forever (it would definately end on the 2nd of April), so it’s a good idea to see them before they disappear.

Notable April Fool Jokes:
Google - Google TiSP
Google - GMail paper
Wikipedia - George Washington, the inventor of instant coffee
Technorati - Scrambled “Technorati” logo (which actually spells out other names)

More can be found here.

Teen arsonists set Hollywood Hills on fire

Posted by multippt

2 teenage males were suspected of starting the fire in the Hollywood Hills. The fire lasted for over 90 minutes. The fire spread quite quickly, given the rather dry conditions.

Fortunately, the fire didn’t cause any injuries nor damage to property.

Via Laughingsquid