Strange, Amusing and Awesome Stuff: August 2010

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Man i'm fucking tired

I'm going to bed, now.
Don't forget, feel free to follow me,
and cl..k on my adve...ts, leave a message and I will do the same.
to all the people in Australia, Goodnight :)

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I am willing to follow and click on your adds, just message me, and i will return the same favour.

Monday, August 30, 2010

The 50 most interesting articles on Wikipedia.

Just go to Wikipedia and enter any of these searches in the search bar to find the article your looking for.

Deep in the bowels of the internet, I came across an exhaustive list of interesting Wikipedia articles by Ray Cadaster. It’s brilliant reading when you’re bored, so I got his permission to post the top 50 here.

Bookmark it, start reading, and become that person who’s always full of fascinating stuff you never knew about.

The top 50 Wikipedia articles by interestingness

1. Marree Man
2. War Plan Red
3. Vela Incident
4. Tybee Bomb
5. United States Numbered Highways
6. Wow! Signal
7. Tube Bar Prank Calls
8. Kola Superdeep Borehole
9. Back to the Future Timeline
10. Year Without a Summer
11. K Foundation Burn a Million Quid
12. Sokal Affair
13. Blue Peacock
14. Veerappan
15. Person From Porlock
16. Eternal Flame
17. U.S. Color-Coded War Plans
18. The Wedge (Border)
19. Mohave Phone Booth
20. Stanislav Petrov
21. Valery Sablin
22. The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
23. Special Atomic Demolition Munition
24. Piracy in the Strait of Malacca
25. Prometheus (tree)
26. Zone of Alienation
27. Fan Death
28. Outlawries Bill
29. Raymond Robinson (Green Man)
30. Scoville Scale
31. Kardashev Scale
32. Larry Walters
33. Joshua A. Norton
34. Fabergé egg
35. Issei Sagawa
36. Joseph Jagger
37. Traumatic Insemination
38. James Joseph Dresnok
39. Ivy League Nude Posture Photos
40. Jim Corbett (Hunter)
41. Just-World Phenomenon
42. Nicholas Bourbaki
43. Humanzee
44. Old Man of the Lake
45. Alexamenos Graffito
46. Fairy Chess Piece
47. Michael Fagan Incident
48. ETAOIN SHRDLU
49. Palomares Hydrogen Bomb Incident
50. As Slow as Possible

I bid you guys goodnight, adieu, adieu.

I'm going to bed, now.
Don't forget, feel free to follow me,
and cl..k on my adve...ts, leave a message and I will do the same.
to all the people in Australia, Goodnight :)

Haha, Take that PS3 owners!

Hey guys,
2K Elizabeth on the Official Mafia II forums has this to say about the Final Build of the PS3 version of Mafia II:

"Hey guys, When designing Mafia II, we optimized for each of the three different systems the game would run on to make sure the core experience was the best it could be. Because of this, there are some differences from one platform to the next. In terms of the PS3 version, I wanted to clarify a couple points you have been asking about: There will not be highly detailed grass or large pools of blood, the cloth movement is less noticeable than, for example, the PC version, and the visual fidelity in the demo is generally representative of what you’ll see in the full game.

Our aim is to make a cohesive and immersive experience and optimize the game for each platform so that it could run its best. And while there are some differences between each version, I’m sure you’ll find that the core gameplay and the heart of Mafia II remains no matter whether you play on PS3, 360, or PC."

Sauce?: http://n4g.com/news/
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PS3:0
Xbox 360:1

just a little creepypasta.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

So i just finished my Legal Studies essay for school, if you guys are interested, please read :p

1. Describe and explain four differences between the adversarial and inquisitorial systems of trail. (12 Marks).

The Australian Court system is mainly based on an adversarial court system, this system aims to provide society with peaceful ways to resolve conflicts between individuals. Courts use adjudication as their dispute settlement method. However many countries, such as Germany, use the inquisitorial system as an alternative method of dispute resolution. The crucial aim of the Adversarial system is to find winner, whilst the inquisitorial system aims to find the truth.

The role of the individual plays a crucial part over the conduct of the case in an adversarial system, whilst the role is very limited for a inquisitorial system. In the adversary trial, individuals are responsible for the preparation and presentation of a case. Parties can initiate the case, parties can decide on the facts and issues that are presented to the case. Parties can also determine when and where the trial will take place, and parties are responsible for presenting their case. In the Inquisitorial system, parties are limited to only responding to the directions of the court in presenting arguments to the court.

A significant difference is the role of the judge. In an Adversary trial, the role of the judge is mainly to umpire disputes between parties by applying the relevant law. The Judge is not involved in investigations of matters that go to trial. In an adversary trial, the collection of facts can be limited by the role of the individual plays in the preparation and presentation of evidence. In the adversary trail, the truth is ascertained from the evidence presented by both parties. On the other hand the inquisitorial system allows the judge to actively ensure that all of the facts have been collected and presented. The courts are involved in the investigation process. The judges have control over the collection of evidence as well as having the discretion to decide the admissibility of evidence. Inquisitorial judges can call witnesses and question the witnesses. Judges of the Inquisitorial system are not bound by the strict rules of evidence used in Adversary trials. When a jury is used in the adversary trail, it is the jury who make a decision as to guilt. When a jury are used in the inquisitorial system they work with the judges and also may be involved in determining the sentence.

In contrast to the adversary system, there is less reliance on strict rules of evidence and procedure in the inquisitorial system. There are extensive pre-trial procedures. Undertaken in the inquisitorial system, and sometimes the innocence of the accused will be established then, so a trial can be avoided. At trial, the emphasis is on finding the truth, so new evidence or material can be brought in by the judges at any time. There is much greater reliance on documentary evidence, whereas evidence in an adversary trial is predominantly oral. Also, witnesses in the inquisitorial are free to describe their story of evidence in their words, rather than respond to direct questioning by legal counsel. Any questioning of witnesses is undertaken by the judge(s). However, in an Adversary system, rules of evidences are concerned with proof of facts, and are there for the protection of both parties. Admissible evidence includes: oral evidence, objects and circumstantial evidence. Rules of evidences are concerned with proof of facts, and are there for the protection of both parties.

In addition, the burden of proof (party with the responsibility of proving the case) is on the party bringing the case that is either the prosecution (criminal) or plaintiff (civil) the Adversary system.

The standard of proof (extent to which case needs to be proven) should be beyond reasonable doubt (criminal) or on the balance of probability. The burden of proof for the Inquisitorial System is not significantly different from that in Australian courts. The case against the defendant must prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.