Mathias

Happy birthday!

Happy Easter!

I endured my first real blizzard a few weeks past and it melted away pretty quickly. My legs were sore for a week.

Happy birthday!

That was great!

Welcome aboard.

That's when I play Guild Wars and surf the net. How about we all pledge to go to bed an hour early for the week? Save electricity and get a good nights sleep.

In my opinion, America should harvest its own natural oil reservoirs to avoid dependence on foreign oil and until environmentally safe options are more economical.

What are the pros and cons of genetically modified crops? Is the issue mostly a lifestyle choice?

Iffy. First season kinda sucked in its randomness of plots. The single underlining plot that stuck was the daughter discovering how evil her father Ming was. In fact, they didn't hold back in this regard even to the end of the second season. The second season picked up the plot and the pace with a purpose. They killed off a few annoying characters and ended the whole prophesy and find the father plots. The ending was fairly predictable, but they at least removed all the crap plots and have somewhere to go in the third season. If your interested in seeing a man slowly show how truly evil he is with nothing held back, watch it with a grain of salt as the not even B-quality actors grate your nerves.

Happy birthday!

Welcome back to the world of non-pukers!

I maybe giving more credit to SGA than is probably warranted, but here's what I got out of the episode. The wraith scientist gave them the information. McKay ASSUMED the wraith scientist betrayed them. Of course, even if he turned out to be good or at least neutral, the guy lost another hive ship and was captured again? Or was the information garnered when he was captured by the queen on the Wraith generator machine. I don't know about you, but the Wraith who took Midway looked an awful lot like the Wraith commander on that planet even though it appeared that he died there. It was plain as day to me that they were the same, unless I'm smoking some good stuff as a friend of mine keeps asking.

I can't agree more with what has been said. Tayla and Ronin have been nothing but security risks from the get-go. Tayla would have been nice as a peace-keeping ambassador who introduced Atlantis to other civilizations, but should never have been involved in military operations or better trained in hand-to-hand combat than our military. She was actually left in command of Atlantis over standard military personnel or at least the highest ranking civilian stationed from Earth since the operation was overseen by many countries of Earth. How did the hierarchy fall apart? Ronin would have been nice as a tactical expert on the Wraith. I would have loved to see him become a mercenary with his own band of cohorts. I could easily have seen Atlantis hiring him and his band to take on the Wraith. Instead he's higher in rank than most Atlantis personnel? They took the premise of a mixed human and alien SG-1 team to the extreme and lost believability. Shepard sounds more and more often like a high school student right out of college. Instead of playing a unique character, Shepard is a childish version of O'Neil who really isn't hiding his knowledge, he really lacks it. Carter hasn't appeared in many of the latest episodes. I think this is more due to scheduling issues with the Stargate movie, if it's really happening. Her character hasn't diminished much, but she is under utilized to say the least, since McKay is literally her insane clone. The writer's are trying to fit her into a niche she has been groomed for, but are doing it awkwardly. Her take charge, put Ronin in his place was refreshing, but not reinforced since they came to terms without any real change. Whenever sound military tactics were used that violated the ethics of the writers, the writers always made it a point that they were right no matter the circumstance. This, too, made our military appear unethical instead of doing what was necessary to accomplish the mission for the greater good for us and everyone else. There are saving graces that I won't go into now, but the show needs a real overhaul to have any real substance. Almost every episode of every show or movie lately, not just Stargate Atlantis, has been the appeal that everything that is wrong in the world or universe is our fault and we have to fix it. This mentality is destroying TV, movies, and the American culture. I challenge you to pay attention to what you're watching and answer this question: is the central, if not secondary, plot or theme surrounded around the concept of the main character or organization blamed or blaming themselves for the problems around them? Examples? Yes, I've got plenty. Atlantis is at war with the Wraith. Atlantis, through Shepard, awoke the Wraith that have killed entire civilizations. Later, they discovered the Replicators and reprogrammed them to kill the Wraith, who decide the best tactic is destroy the Wraith's food supply, humans. Other shows? I just finished watching Tin Man where DG discovered that when she was a child she ran away leaving an ancient witch to possess her sister's body and the many lives lost under her tyrannical rule. The Simpsons movie blamed America in general, if not just Homer, with the environmental destruction of the world. For goodness sakes someone needs to gag the know-it-all, rebel against standards, ego-centric Lisa and put her in her place for once. Ahem, excuse that rant and let's continue. The game Demon Stone I beat a couple months ago revolved around the three main characters being tricked into releasing two demons out of the demon stone. Don't watch the news, trust me, just don't. I could go on, but I've got other things to do now.

I love Indiana Jones! I can't wait.

I tried switching to the energy saving light bulbs, but they burned out more often than the regular light bulbs. Unlike many people we turn our lights off when we use them. Fluorescent light bulbs only work if you leave them on for long periods of time. We only have a few lights we could do this with, but poor wiring comes in after that. Dirty electricity reduces the lifespans of many light bulbs. I feel like I'm doing what I can with my limitations. For the cost of the energy saver bulbs, if they actually lasted as long as they warrantied, the cost is about the same as the number of regular light bulbs and I wouldn't change them as often. Is there any proper care I should perform with the light bulbs? Would it save my electricity bill if I left the most used lights on all day with the fluorescents? Is the tankless water heater on your list? http://foreverhotwater.com/ offers a gas-only version, but electric versions are available. I couldn't perform the upgrade when my hot water tank died a few years ago due to plumbing issues. You're only heating the water when you need to instead of all the time with a tank. That's a HUGE energy saver, though it does cost twice the price as a tank even after the government's rebate for buying such a system.

As I lay on my couch staring at the mirror, I noticed a bunch of lights turn on in a house behind me. I saw a door open, in walks a shadowy figure. He gave me a pizza, except it had no cheese. I realized I was dreaming; the dream was a lie. As the figure got closer I pulled back in fear. In walked a second figure. Then I crapped my pants. The second figure started to snicker at my rancid smelling pants. Carrying an axe, she intimidated me with her large, piercing eyes of intrigue and hate as I backed away trembling.

As I lay on my couch staring at the mirror, I noticed a bunch of lights turn on in a house behind me. I saw a door open, in walks a shadowy figure. He gave me a pizza, except it had no cheese. I realized I was dreaming; the dream was a lie. As the figure got closer I pulled back in fear. In walked a second figure. Then I crapped my pants. The second figure started to snicker at my rancid smelling pants. Carrying an axe, she intimidated me with her large, piercing

As I lay on my couch staring at the mirror, I noticed a bunch of lights turn on in a house behind me. I saw a door open, in walks a shadowy figure. He gave me a pizza, except it had no cheese. I realized I was dreaming; the dream was a lie. As the figure got closer I pulled back in fear.

Count the number of images via sql query or by reading the directory. Divide the count by the number of images per page. Now that you know how many pages there are, create a link for each page passing the page number selected. Select the number of images from your limit starting at the page number times the limit using the limit sql example, or start a for loop with a starting position of the page number times the limit. Display your images. select count([I]some_variable[/I]) as [I]total_images[/I] from `[I]table[/I]` where [I]some_condition[/I] Use the previous limit sql example to display your images. If you are reading the directory directly then use the readdir function to read each filename into an array. http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.readdir.php Use the opendir function to allow you to read the directory. for ($i = $page_number * $limit; $i &lt; $page_number * $limit + $limit; $i++) { // Create array of displayed images with the readdir function. } Create the page number links in a list and style with CSS or print one after the other in a <div> or <p>. print "&lt;ol&gt;"; for ($i = 0; $i &lt; $total_images; $i++) { print "&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=\"some_page.php?page_number=" . $i . "\"&gt;" . $i . "&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;"; } print "&lt;/ol&gt;";

If the images have links in a database then use the limit option in your SQL. Your links at the bottom of the page pass the page number via a form or links with hard-coded $_GET parameters. select * from `table` where some_condition order by some_variable desc limit page_number*limit, limit select * from `table` where some_condition order by some_variable desc limit 25, 5

Happy birthday!

From the picture it looked like the wings can be repositioned for reentry. I'm sure they thought it through.

I hope the joker and other major villains come back as reoccurring characters like they did in the comics/cartoons.

I'm seeing an enemy sub swimming near the no radar zone before taking out a major city. I have mixed feelings about the decision. I love me some whale, but our nation's security is more important (few dozen to hundred whales or so compared cities with excess population of a few million). It's the state's choice on how it takes care of its citizens and the environment around them. At the same time, we entrust our nation's military to secure our borders: land, water, and air. I'm sure they are working on a compromise, and though it may tweak California's citizens and environmentalists around the nation, the government is just too large to move matters along as fast as we would like to upgrade our military defenses to be more environmentally friendly. I used to work for the defense supply center in Ohio, so I know. I'm sure they'd take a few billion dollars in donation to retrofit the California coast line. Just a suggestion. X'D