Archive for May, 2008

Hypocrisy: It’s us, too

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

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When the communists in Vietnam took over, there was widespread opposition and a pro-democracy movement. In defense of their own government, the government [...]

Terrorism 2.0: Is the U.S. prepared?

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Just about a year ago, the Baltic state of Estonia went offline. Botnets, immense networks of hijacked computers, poured billions of hits onto Estonian government and commercial websites, and the Estonian servers, attempting to shoulder many times their normal load, gave up. Tensions were elevated-Estonians blamed the Russian government, who naturally denied involvement. For nearly [...]

Medivh’s Warning

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

SeppukuChu here, in my star-studded (?) debut.
The Last Prophet, Medivh, gave a dire warning to King Terenas. It proved to be the costliest mistake Terenas ever made in his troubled reign atop the throne of Lordaeron…

A sundered soul, from sight of night had fled
Sargeras‘ hate, that once had flowed so keen;
as once, the whole, [...]

An Elegy to the Companion Cube

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

This is a Shakespearean sonnet (14 line-structure, 3 quatrains and a couplet, alternate lines rhyme, and iambic pentameter) written in memory of my best friend, the Weighted Companion Cube from Portal .

It helped me through the chamber seventeen
before I killed it—what a dreadful act!
The greatest buddy I have ever seen
My heart is sad: a [...]