Saturday, June 30, 2007
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Thursday, June 28, 2007
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Saturday, June 23, 2007
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
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Monday, June 18, 2007
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Sunday, June 17, 2007
http://ontheweekly.blogspot.com
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Saturday, June 16, 2007
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
I just finished watching Steve Job's keynote. They are doing some amazing things with Leopard, which I will comment n tomorrow. He also announced Safari for Windows, which I already have running for testing. I am actually posting this blog post from Safari, thus this is the second time I have wrote all this because it crashed just before I clicked post. Well you can check out the keynote here:
http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/d7625zs/event/

---Some people believe that our target was immoral. I disagree. Almost all of the people living in these cities were workers in factories, which were also in the city. These factories were supplying equipment to troops elsewhere. The Japanese government was also requiring every capable citizen to be trained to fight with sharpened bamboo weapons, virtually turning every person in the nation into a solider. The immorality was committed by the Japanese government. They would starve and beat the United States prisoners of war. This caused many people to die.
---If we hadn't used the atomic weapon against Japan we would have had to attack their home land. In estimates given by Truman himself there could be as many as 1,000,000 American deaths in an attack suck as this. What is not usually talked about is the number of Japanese saved by the use of the atomic weapons. According to wikipedia.org, in the battle of Iwo Jima, 8,223 allies lost their lives along side 20,703 Japanese. In the battle of Guadalcanal, 7, 099 allies, and 30,343 Japanese were killed. I found the average of these losses. On average 7,661 allied soldiers died in a major battle, whereas 25,523 Japanese were killed in a battle. I setup a proportion to figure the number of estimated Japanese loses. The numbers were unbelievable. I estimate that as many 3,331,549 Japan deaths were to be expected in an attack on the Japanese mainland. According to www.atomicarchive.com about 199,000 people died in the atomic bombings, less than 1/16 of the estimated deaths. The use of the atomic bombs saved many lives.
----People should not be second guessing the decision of President Truman. We know very little about the President's decision making process. Most of what is taught is based on speculation, or have large pieces of the story missing. President Truman mad much more information than we have today. This decision was made over a half of a century ago, and our culture has change a great deal since that time, and such a decision should be judged accordingly to that culture not this one. It is rumored that the bomb was dropped without Truman's approval. This would not have been so. If anyone would have bypassed the president on such a decision would have been court marshaled and put in prison for the rest of their lives.
---I believe that the Atomic bomb was a necessary evil, needed to end World War II. The Use of this atomic weapon saved many people. It is estimated that it saved as many as 1,000,000 American lives as well as 3,331,549 Japanese. Modern people with missing information should not condemn decision made over a half a century ago. This weapon, however horrid it may seem to be, was a blessing to World War II.
---Alex
"Why in moments of crisis do we ask God for strength and help? As cognitive beings, why would we ask something that may well be a figment of our imaginations for guidance? Why not search inside ourselves for the power to overcome? After all, we are strong enough to cause most of the catastrophes we need to endure."
"Heaven is totally overrated. It seems boring. Clouds, listening to people play the harp. It should be somewhere you can't wait to go, like a luxury hotel. Maybe blue skies and soft music were enough to keep people in line in the 17th century, but Heaven has to step it up a bit. They're basically getting by because they only have to be better than Hell." -- Joel Stein, columnist for the Los Angeles Times.
They are claiming that theses aren't the views of Starbucks per say, but i don't buy that for a second. Starbucks should keep their priorities straight, they need to keep their focus on what makes the money, coffee. People don't going into Starbucks looking for a theological view. They want coffee. I know I'm not going to buy anything else from them. I'll stick to Paynes
---Alex Moore
www.uplandteenprojects.blogspot.com
Sources:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3542601509.html
--Alex
"Lake Swan Camp" by Alex Moore
The glistening gleamer reflected from afar.
The clouds illumined from a crescent moon.
Speckles of light are raining down.
All this light surrounded by darkness
Lights of different sizes,
But all still penetrate
All is either light or dark
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I wrote this one on spring break. I think I like it, but not sure. Help me improve, by sending comments! Please!
Thanks,
Alex
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
March 24, 2007
"Simple" by Alex Moore
With the rhymes of life slipping away
All the thoughts - all the memories are flooding.
Sitting in remembrance, staring at the stars.
Life is more simple than it seems.
I, like you, want more of this life,
But then a difference between us.
Mine full of life and vigor,
but still one worth dieing for.
Yours empty,
but still missing something.
Still one worth dieing for.
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I wrote this one on spring break. I don't think I like it, but help me improve. Thanks
---Alex
"Nowadays, security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single
day, they come out with a total exploit, your machine can be taken
over totally. I dare anybody to do that once a month on the Windows
machine."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16934083/site/newsweek/
Thats my 2 cents for today...
---Alex
I wrote this one the other day, it's a little bit different style than what I usually write, a bit like Walt Whitman. Tell me what you think, and how to improve.
Thanks
Alex
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"Simplistic End"
November 30, 2006
Listen little one,
Don't morn the past
For it cannot be changed.
It is something to cherish,
Learn from it
And expand yourself.
Learn to understand the vast complexities of the human race,
And of yourself.
Learn to be more than you were,
One second, one minute, one hour ago.
And in the end, you will see that
It's all more simple that you might think.
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WESLEY - I'm never going to feel this way about
anyone else.
GUINAN - You're right.
WESLEY - I didn't expect you to say that.
GUINAN - Oh, there will be others but, the next time you
feel love will be different. Each time is
different.
WESLEY - Knowing that doesn't make it any easier.
GUINAN - It isn't supposed to.
---A sceen from StarTrek the Next Generation
"I... I killed them. I killed them all. They're dead, every
single one of them... Not just the men, but the
women and the children too. They're like animals,
and I slaughtered them like animals... I hate them!
Why do I hate them? I didn't... I couldn't... I couldn't
control myself. I... I don't want to hate them... But I
just can't forgive them."
---Anakin Skywalker from StarWars: The Attack
of the Clones
Come on boys, this isn't over yet. Are you gonna' let
them get away with all they've done to us? NO! How
long are you jus gonna' keep dying for no real reason,
except someone else's pleasure? Huh? Our bullets
can't touch them, they have no effect, we have our
arms, our bayonets, and out rifles to use as clubs. And
I know your tired of this mess, and I know you don't
want to fight anymore, but we have one real reason to
fight, probably the only real reason to fight. And that's
for you freedom. So for freedom and Justus charge!
---Maggie Becket from Sliders
"Software is like sex, it's best when it's free..."
---Linus Torvalds (The Founder of Linux)
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"This year will go down in history. For the first time, a
civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will
be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will
follow our lead into the future."
---Adolf Hitler, 1935
"Do u see THEM over there, they're in a pile."
- Stephen
"so you know that you realize what is really importnt
after you lose it..."
---Logan
"We have funny words like that at Blackford too, only
except I not allowed to say them."
---Stephen
Today wasn't all that good. I went to Paynes, and got some coffee that I drank while I was reading from my Walt Whitman book, and wrote two poems that are sequels to each other. Please help me improve my poetry, by telling me what you think and how I should improve them.
---Alex
"Prelude to Substance of Life"
Patterns of Life
Are analyzed in mind
With the paths
Being second guessed
Thought over
For a second end
"Substance of Life"
What is LifeBut a place for Love
And love is nothing more
Than our most basic of emotions
With all of our Life
And all of our emotions
This Love as it's base
Then transforms forth into the substance of life.
And defines us as me are.
Today was great. I went to the Art Festival at Payne's. I was there from 10-8 selling my pictures. I got to hang out with Meredith, and a couple other artists there all day. A whole bunch of people said how much they loved my pictures (which made me feel like a king) in the end i only sold four of my pictures and making $10 but it was completely worth it. I can't wait for Payne's Art Fest 2007...
---Alex
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