Actually, the last paper I wrote was about the reality of the virtual environment, and the culture that is constructed within it. Once an individual has developed an identity and become enculturated (ie: no longer a n00b) within that environment, that environment in essence becomes real to them in the sense that what happens in that environment matters. People used to scoff at the thought and many psychologists initially denied that what happened on the internet had any bearing on people's actual lives. But in 1994, that all changed when the "virtual rape" at LambdaMoo occurred. Since then, the psychology of virtual identity has been respected as an incredibly important issue.

A Shanghai online gamer has been given a suspended death sentence for killing a fellow gamer:

Qui Chengwei stabbed Zhu Caoyuan in the chest when he found out he had sold his virtual sword for 7,200 Yuan (£473).
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In this case, Mr Zhu did offer to hand over the cash but Mr Qui lost patience and stabbed him with "great force" according to media reports.
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"My son was only 26 when he died. He was sleeping when Qiu broke into his home. He was barely able to put his pants on before Qiu stabbed him," said his father, Zhu Huimin.
"We want Qui to die, and immediately," he added.

Nevermind... I pretty much got all the Mars Volta video now too...

You know how IE only lets you download 2 files at a time from the same site? Yeah... there are ways around that. I only just discovered it now. Which means I can finally go to bed and hope that my precious files are downloaded in the morning!

still downloading ATDI shit...

Haven't downloaded much of the Mars Volta shit yet... I figure since they're still together as a band that their stuff will be easier to find than ATDI's should this site go down. But with that being said, if anybody wants to get the Mars Volta vids we can trade the ATDI for MV shit afterwards or whatever.

Some of this video is pretty spectacular. I've been watching ATDI all night. I've almost got ALL of the ATDI vids except the 3 interviews and the late-night-show appearances which I probably won't bother with.

How to hold your penis in your hands in public:



hahaha, that's a good trick!!!

I've been doing some homework tonight and learning the surprisingly fine art of how to manipulate google in order to retrieve mp3s. I think I've finally got the knack of it. Look what I found:

a slew of At The Drive In and Mars Volta stuff (check the rare ATDI shit!)

Also, go up through the parent directories and check the crazy amounts of videos!!! There's like full-concert video footage there!!! Fuckineh... I hope this site stays up long enough for me to download that shit...

Whoa, Rival Schools is awesome, but it's insane how much their singer sounds like Rivers Cuomo... if he was in a post-hardcore band, that is.

no, but that's why I was using a high-anonymity proxy server. That way it should technically be next to IMPOSSIBLE for them to get an IP address from me. ARGH. Damn those bastards and their un-hackable securities; 2 1337 4 m3!!!

IP address tracker? *shrug
i know i promised not to post, and i wasn't going to until my classes were finished but this is mildly important-bearing that everything should work out, Jasmine and I should be DJing the (nazi) Wunderbar on tuesday night. Expect an empty dance floor, and a lotta shake your shit grooves.

hey... let's say there's this website that limits you to two downloads per day and you want to sneak past that limitation. Supposing you delete all cookies and temporary internet files and then set up your browser to run through a proxy address, it SHOULD technically be impossible for the site to know that you've exceeded the download limit, right?

If my above stated logic is not flawed, why the fuck is it not working!??