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World Hunger
Oct 29th
So apparently there are loads of organisations which strive to aid world hunger. Let’s get this bit out of the way first: Yes, it’s awesome that these organisations do this. It’s empathetic and no doubt hugely appreciated by those suffering from hunger. I’m not against helping people in need.
However, I’m not sure providing food is really the right way to go about the problem. Food is a finite resource and as such helps control population. A population generally won’t grow beyond the extent that the food in that geographic vacinity supports, or at least, if that does happen, it very quickly shrinks back to a size that the food supply does support (it has to…)
This in mind, I think it could actually be harmful in the big scope of things to be bringing food from elsewhere into the affected area. It allows otherwise impossible reproduction to occur and in the end you get twice as many hungry people. On a forum I read a good analogy which is, throwing litres of gasoline onto a house fire in hope that the fire will be happy to feed on the gasoline instead of your house. The more people that throw food at this problem, the more food we will need in the future.
This problem needs a more elegant solution. I am not here to give that solution. I’ve dumbed down the problem significantly in order to spin this view on it so any solution I could come up with would probably be too shallow. I just thought it’s an interesting topic and this is an interesting perspective to take.
Something Funny
Jul 11th
I was lurking PGTour forums just now and stumbled across a guy who had simply the funniest signature I’ve ever seen!
It looked like this:
- I understand that Scissors can beat Paper, and I get how Rock can beat Scissors, but there’s no fucking way Paper can beat Rock. Is paper supposed to magically wrap around Rock leaving it immobile? Why the hell can’t paper do this to scissors? Screw scissors, why can’t paper do this to people? Why aren’t sheets of college ruled notebook paper constantly suffocating students as they attempt to take notes in class? I’ll tell you why, because paper can’t beat anybody. A rock would tear that shit up in 2 seconds. When I play rock/ paper/ scissors I always choose rock. Then when somebody claims to have beaten me with their paper I can punch them in the face with my already clenched fist and say “Oh shit, I’m sorry I thought paper would protect you, you asshole.
LOL just gold 
Sounds like it’s probably a quote from some comedian or something… anyone heard it?
This enabled me to finish the night with a smile. I hope (if anyone reads this damn blog) someone else finds it funny too.
Pure Pwnage Episode 11 Released
Jun 24th
Hey folks. As usual there was quite a wait before the most recent release of the Pure Pwnage series. But we don’t mind right? After all, Jeremy and Kyle put alot of work into making the show.
Anyway, Episode 11 is finally available, actually it’s been available for a couple of days now.
It’s called “I <3 U IN RL”, and I found it to be quite good.
It was good to finally get another episode with some more storyline focussed on Jeremy’s progress as a student of Teh_Masterer.
Also, you’ll see FPS_Doug means business with his plastic gun lol. The episode is not one of the best, but enjoyable nonetheless. Pure Pwnage is always worth the bandwidth, so go get your fix of Episode 11 here: http://www.purepwnage.com/episodes.html
Also, the Pure Pwnage crew have been featured in a magazine called VideoGiochi. I won’t copy their material onto my blog, so you can read their news urself if u want to read about it
PurePwnage E3 Special
Jun 4th
If you don’t know PurePwnage, go here, noob!
Anyway, incase you havn’t checked it lately, Jeremy and the PurePwnage crew took a trip to this year’s E3! (Electronic Entertainment Expo)
E3 is most likely the biggest event for all those concerned with video games, gadgets and the like, all of which are un-seen to date, which is what makes it so exciting. Most if not all of the stuff exhibited at E3 is ‘sneak preview’. So gamers and tech-heads alike can head to E3 and see what’s in store for the coming year in the Electronic Entertainment Industry.
So PurePwnage decided to attend the event and do some filming there, eventually making a nice little E3 Special of PurePwnage.
You can find the video here:
Pure_Pwnage_E32006.avi
Enjoy!
Sun Tzu’s Art Of War
May 26th
I don’t know if you’ve read it, but I have and I think it’s really beneficial to anyone who likes stimulating their inner strategist.
I play StarCraft, so naturally I really like strategy type stuff.
When I came across Sun Tzu’s Art Of War, I realised that these rules defined by Sun Tzu can actually be applied to many strategic contexts. Surprisingly, quite a large amount of the book can be applied to StarCraft. It has actually been mentioned on top StarCraft community sites, that reading Sun Tzu’s Art Of War is a good method of improving your strategic approach. And I believe that it can also be applied to almost anything that requires strategic planning.
Anyway, an old yet good read. Here’s an electronic version of the book:
Sun Tzu’s Art Of War