Project Upstream

Anybody heard of it? The first time you run into it, you'll be extremely confused. The community themissinghat on livejournal has a short FAQ that explains the phenomenon, but it can still be very confusing. Project Upstream is basicly a bot that randomly selects two AIM users, and connects them with an IM. The bot choses these users from those who have recently updated their livejournal, deviantart, or a few other websites. There may be a bot that connects users via MSN or other instant messaging provider, but the only one I know of that it uses is AIM. Most people call the Project Upstream bot the salmonbot. Apparently there used to be a hatbot and tacobot, but those two seem to have ceased to exist. It is possible that you will never run into this bot at anytime in your life, no matter how much you update your livejournal and such. But if you wish to be connected to another user randomly, you can go to the following website and enter you AIM user name in order to recieve a random IM from the bot, thus connecting you to another AIM user:

http://project-upstream.awardspace.com/

When you submit your username, the bot will choose another user to connect you with, and then send both of you an IM. The first post in the IM will be a randomly chosen entry posted by the bot, but it will appear as if the other person involed in the IM has sent it to you. They will recieve the same IM, and it will appear as if you sent it to them. You will see not their actual screen name, but a randomly generated sn containing the word "salmon". The other user will also see a randomly generated sn with "salmon" in it, and it may or may not be the same as the one you see. Chances are that they've never run into this bot before, and they will be very confused. You can either confuse the heck out of them even more, strike up a conversation, or you can explain the bot to them. I myself have never run into the bot without submiting my screen name. I find it to be great fun to use this bot. But some people may be annoyed by it, or may make for quite boring converation. The few conversations I have had by using the bot have been quite interesting. I reccomend trying out the bot sometime. You never know what might happen...

Why must people be so uptight?

I mean seriously. Who cares if theres pickles on your burger when you ordered plain? Just scrape em' off an you'll be fine. Don't get your panties in a wad for Pete's sake. Btw, who the heck is this Pete guy everyone always talks about? I don't think anybody really knows... Anyways, people should be more laidback. Like those uptight jerks who get all angry just cuz you spelled somthing wrong on some forum. Who really cares? Just get over it. I think ima get a shirt with the words "Get over it." on the front. Someof my friends can be pretty uptight sometimes, and I'm pretty sick of having to deal with their whining...

Just because it's on the internet, dosn't mean it's yours.

Copyright infringement. It's not cool. I suggest not doing it. Sometimes it may be dificult to figure out what things are copyrighted, but I suggest not taking anything. Be it pictures, videos, or audio files, don't post them as yours if you didn't make them. You may think it's okay if say you credit the band or the artist, but no matter how you put it, it's still copyright infringment. Unless you have actual permission, it's illegal. Even thought this is the internet, theft is not allowed. It's sometimes hard not to pirate the work of others. Posting a video on youtube featuring a song that you don't have permission to use is copyright infringement. Downloading a video from youtube and adding it to myspace or facebook can be copyright infringement. Posting movies or television shows is copyright infringement. Even if it's unintentional, it's still copyright infringement. Why am I talking about copyright infringement do you ask? That would be because I posted a stop motion video on my youtube account using a song copyrighted by the Universal Music Group, also known as UMG. I recieved an e-mail about it from youtube, and I immediately deleted the video. I plan on submitting the video again, but not until I find a song to use legaly. I definitly felt quite stupid for having been caught using an audio file without permission. I never even considered it theft, but I will definitly never do such a thing again. Obey the law. Don't steal somebody else's work. You could end up in court, which is probably not something you want. Just an FYI, if you change at least 80% of a company logo or a piece of artwork, then it's not copyright infringement. Ciao for now ^_^

1ST POST! WHOOT!

So I was reading up about my astological sign, Gemini, and one site stated that blogging was "made for those who are Gemini". Being an extremely intense Gemini myself, I decided to make one of these so called "blogs". Also being a complete idiot, I researched what a blog actualy is. The most amusing definition I could find was from the Urban Dictionary, of course. Where else would one find a definition that says it like it is? According to the Urban Dictionary, a blog is "Short for weblog. A meandering, blatantly uninteresting online diary that gives the author the illusion that people are interested in their stupid, pathetic life. Consists of such riveting entries as 'homework sucks' and 'I slept until noon today.'" I do appologize for my inability to correctly use quotation marks. It has always been a weakness of mine. I also looked up 'space case' on urban dictionary, just for kicks. This definition is quite accurate, if I do say so myself. The Urban Dictionary describes a space case as a "Term for someone who makes a liviing as an asternaut exploring the remote world inside their head. Poor communication equipment means transmissions from Earth sometimes arn't recieved." Listed as an example of this definition was "Houston, we have encountered a strange alien life form calling itself a brain, could be dangerous. We shall prepare to exterminate it. This is space case, over and out. " Well then, that just about wraps up my first post. Due tune in next time for more completely unriveting conversation and pointless facts. I do appologize for my use of a nonexistant word, but unriveting was the only thing i could think of as the direct opposite of riveting.