Milk’s Site

“Secret alarm becomes dance track

A high-pitched alarm designed to repel youngsters from shops is being used for the melody of a dance track after the success of a mobile phone ringtone. … Simon Morris from Compound Security said: “Following the success of the ringtone, a lot of people were asking us to do a bit more, so we got together with the producers Melodi and they came up with a full-length track. “It has two harmonies – one that everyone can hear and one that only young people can hear. But it works well together or separate.”

“Melodi” gives no matching acts on Discogs and a Google search gives a small amount unrelated results, but none the less, this kind of thing can’t be new so can anyone give me pointers on music of whatever style that uses ultrasonic frequencies in this manner?

P.S. There seems to be a bug in Google Maps. Update: And it’s now made Slashdot. Slow news day! Check the comments, natch.

Only spotted a poster for this today while out wandering at lunchtime.

Pamelia Kurstin – site, myspace, wikipedia
“Band Members: my theremin + 2(line 6 loopers) + electroharmonix bass microsynth pedal and/or moogerfoogers + me sometimes”

From here; “Generator Projects are proud to present the woman lauded as ‘one of the most accurate and talented theremin players on the planet’. Really, you shouldn’t miss it.”

Sep 20, 7:30pm, City Function Rooms, Dundee (£3.50, from above link)
Sep 21, 8:00pm, Forest Cafe, Edinburgh

The best trickjumping video I’ve seen so far – Awsome tricks, slick editing and a sweet mix for a soundtrack. Having spent hours on end in the past trying to learn using DeFRaG and not getting that far beyond strafejumping (although I could jump damn far, given a big enough open space ;), I have mucho respect for people like these who put the effort in and learn how to use the quirks of a games 3d engine to such amazing effect.

Also:

• ULTIMATE Lego Rubberband Gun – F33r.
• Pioneer EFX1000 Effects Unit Demo – Remixing tracks on the fly, waaant.
• PRI-MAX vs. BMW – Watch an industrial shredder pwn that car.

P.S. The Cooper Temple Clause are playing at the Dundee Uni Onion tomorrow evening with tickets only coming available a few hours before the gig. , , (IIRC) and I will be heading down to try and get some; if any other Dundee peeps are interested, you’ll need a former Dundee student to sign you in, but if you don’t know anyone like that, gimme a buzz and I’ll ask.

P.P.S. Oh, and I saw a poster in town today stating that Alabama 3 will be playing an unplugged/acoustic set at The Doghouse on the 20th. Who’s up for that?

“Last Monday Seattle resident Jason Fortuny (and a friend) carried out a thought experiment into reality — one I think anyone who has surfed Craigslist sex ads has entertained. He took a hardcore Women Seeking Men ad from another city and reposted it to see how many replies he could get in 24 hours (the ad’s photo at right). Then he published every single response — photos, emails, IM info, phone numbers, names, everything, to a public wiki (Encyclopedia Dramatica — site is up and down, check back if down). Then they went public on Jason’s LiveJournal page calling it The Craigslist Experiment, inviting readers to identify the CL ad’s responders and add more info (”Your Goal: identify people you know IRL and point them out. We’ve already had great successes here.”)” link

himself has posted links to news and forum sites regarding the story. Check the replies to this comment for some of his rational behind the act. Note the line “I cannot cause another person emotional pain. It is their response to a situation that is entirely at fault.”, a very similar argument to what can be found at the core of Objectivism and Buddhism.

This kind of human behaviour really saddens me. I spent a while last night composing an entry on the metaphysical/moral flaws in his arguments, but sod it; there’s a reason why I gave up posting in and . I will only argue (and god damn it you pussies, ‘argument’ is not inherently a bad word) with people I know or with people in real life, as debating online a) has taken up faaar to much of my valuable time in the past, b) so many non-verbal cues are missed when discussing via the medium of text that it often leads to confusion or hurt in those who don’t know how to handle things when it gets heated, c) so many people are only looking to troll anyway (like this guy) and d) even if you win the rat race, you’re still a rat.

“Has anybody seen my brain today? Hey!”

That Tarot card one and that colourful bar graph one. The former is fairly spot on as when it comes to juriceprudence I am one for the spirit of the law rather than the letter of it, but then again, I could have just said that (although I don’t say a lot of things as I don’t like to feel I’m patronising or stating the obvious). The latter I’m not to keen on the result of because many of the questions could have been taken in more than one way, and while I would say the high neuroticism and openness to experience fit me, the low agreeableness is arguable, given that I do have strong views on many things in life, but don’t try to force them down the throats of others (that is unless a subject is brought up for debate, in which case I can understand how to get to the root of someone’s base assumptions and cut their argument right down to size or get my diatribe on the go if i really feel strongly about something). Anyway.

You scored as XI: Justice. The blindfold arbiter weighs the evidence and passes judgement without fear or favour. There can be no appeal.Justice is not necessarily the same as Law. True justice seeks out the spirit of the law, not just its letter. If a law is bad then true Justice will set that law aside. This is the sacred responsibility of those given the power to judge. If well aspected in a Tarot reading, this card can indicate settlement of disputes, the achievement of a just outcome. If badly aspected this card can indicate corruption and failure of justice. XI: Justice 69% VI: The Lovers 63% II – The High Priestess 63% I – Magician 63% XIX: The Sun 63% XIII: Death 63% III – The Empress 63% 0 – The Fool 56% IV – The Emperor 50% VIII – Strength 50% X – Wheel of Fortune 44% XV: The Devil 38% XVI: The Tower 25% Which Major Arcana Tarot Card Are You? created with QuizFarm.com

My Personality

What is it called when your eyes uncontrollably wibble (I would say spasm, but wibble is a nicer sounding word) left and right in their sockets on the odd occasion? It was fun to begin with but it’s starting to annoy.

In other news;

Why Aximov’s Three Laws of Robotics are immoral

Killer NIC Hands On Testing; Part 1, Part 2. Featuring Linux-on-a-chip, 64Mb of on-board RAM and retailing at £150, this network card was ridiculed on slashdot a while back. The review makes for interesting reading, although the /. crowd still aren’t satisfied.

Tune in to the sounds of FRNK Radio, a constant stream of the latest LiveJournal voice posts.

P.S. They’ve stopped wibbling now.

Walt Disney World fingerprints visitors. Poor Cory Doctorow must have had a fit when he heard that. You can read the former EFF employee’s post-scarcity transhumanist book, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, set in a Walt Disney World of the future, here. Bitchun.