china sucks man

ok so my option piece for the week is based on the article called why Americans can't win in china. in the article the writer, Warrn Kozak, talks about his time living in china in the 80's. he tells a story of when won some minor swimming race's and then was set up against professional swimmers so that he would not show up the Chinese, he didn't get this for a while because of the ridiculousness of this. but when if you think about this it says a lot about how much China will go to not let its people be shown up. in context with the whole google thing its easy to see China using an email as a reason to kill someone they feel is unloyal. So I applaud google for standing up to China and not sticking around if they continue to be hacked. a lot of countries would say Americans are arrogant but I don't think this is true, I would say Americans have confidence. we come from a free world where we can say FUCK YOU to our government at anytime and not worry about our family vanishing in the middle of the the night. this is in major contrast to a country like china or Russia.
from a guy who loves ordering things from china
Chris M

China shuts down google

So like yesterday china cock blocked google on its mainland, shutting down access to the search engine. at first google blamed the problems on tech issues but then it around 4:30pm *US eastern* Google started to blame china saying they where blocked by the Great Firewall. Since the block is only temporary it would seam as if China is saying google we can fuck with you if we choose to. or maybe it was a mistake but I honestly think its china flexing its muscles for the first time in this China, google struggle. But google knew what it was getting into when it stopped filtering its Sachs so I guess they are down for the fight if one occurs.
from a guy who has got to stay the hell of Wikipedia
Chris M

Nintendo tries out 3D

I personally don't own a DS, or any of its offspring, I did as a child own a gameboy and a gameboy advance but I never had a DS. but if Nintendo pulls off new 3DS then I might just plop down a few hundred dollars for one. with sales of DS's falling, Nintendo has announced a new type of DS called 3DS. as its name would suggest it does have a 3D display that doesn't require the user to wear glasses. I love all things 3D and the chance to play Mario in 3D is a major draw for me and I'm guessing millions of other gamers, tho Nintendo has been playing around with the tech for 3D for years this is thier frist released fray into the Field. (they even developed it for the gamecube tho never released it). I like millions of other games don't really think of Nintendo when someone says record breaking graphics but this may change all of that and I for one will be first in line to grab mine.
A guy who used to sneak and play Mario at 3 in the morning
Chris M

the fall of AT&T

looks like AT&T time will soon be over if they don't watch out. since it looks like Apple is developing Iphones that work on CDMA which for those of you who don't know is what is used by AT&T's main competitor Verizon wireless AT&T uses GSM. Up until now the Iphone as been a GSM phone since GSM is a more widely used frequency in the world and AT&T has had the key to the gate if you wanted an Iphone. But it looks like that era is ending and that is going to be tough for AT&T to swallow since at lest in 2009 Iphones growth went up 83% world wide, easily out pacing smart phones which rose at about 20-30%. and seeing as because of all the traffic put on the AT&T system because of the Iphones it has become notoriously especially in city like New York. Right now nothing is concrete though I wouldn't get my hopes up Verizon users and even if it does come out its not till some time around September.
a guy who stays true to his G1 and says F the Iphone
Chris M

taco bell hits india

I love taco bell, I eat it at lest twice a week. this is probably vary unhealthy but hey a guys got  to enjoy the small things in life right ? anyway now thousands of Indians will also know the taste of taco bell since Yum Brands inc. urged on the by the success of pizza hut and KFC, opened their first taco bell in India on march 16. The fast food store has attracted and average of 2,000 to 2,500 people a day.  Yum had to replace all the beef on there menu with chicken and also have hired more staff to help translate what the food is.what we are seeing in India is similar to what we saw in China a decade ago says the president of Yum brands, Graham Allean. Yums has also introduced bottomless drinks, a first for Indian fast food. its cool to see India will finally know and love the taste of the great Mexican taco.
from a guy who is craving a bean burrito
Chris M

the war we really need to fight

my option thingy for this week is on the Mexican drug war. a war I think is much more impotent than any war in the middle east since lets face it Mexico is basically sister of America or at most that cousin no one really likes to have around but can't ditch cus he's family. and there drug war is starting to spill over into America, no I take that back it is spilling over into America. since 206 14,000 people have been killed by drug cartels and some of them where Americans. no I'm not taking about addicts who died of complications due to their drug habit I'm talking about people gunned down or had there head chopped off. these I feel are the real terrorist we need to be fighting since they are on our border and attacking our neighbors so lets call our troops back and if we really must go to war, let send them to fight the drug cartels.
A guy who loves gangster movies but doesn't really think its economically practical for him to be a gangster.
Chris M

Saab is taking a road trip

my mom really wants a Saab, she plans to buy one when she gets out of school. I plan to drive it really fast and look REALLY cool in it :). but the point of this blog has nothing to do with be driving coolly in a Saab. it has to do with the fact that Spyker cars, the company that bought Saab from GM in January  plans to move into Royal Oak in Detroit, which was preveily occupied by GM. the Michigan Economic Growth Authority gave Spyker Cars $1.4 Million in tax credits as instive for the move. this is awesome for Detroit as since the fall of the automotive industry its been losing its image as the automotive industry capital in America. also I like Saab's so that's just cool.
A guy who wants a BMW really bad
Chris M

I like cars that have bluetooth

my options topic this week is electronics in cars, ok straight up who doesn't text and drive, if your saying you don't your most likely lieing and if you say its just kids then your an ass since I know at lest 3 adults who text and drive, or at lest write emails and drive. and guess what people who write on their phones and drive are something like 23 times more likely to be in a car accident caused by the fact that on average you spend 5 seconds not looking at the road each time you text. this is just one example of technology that on its own is an amazing advantage to human society, but when mixed with cars can cause lots of damage. so the question is that should we continue to let technology that is not relevant to the quality of the running of the car ? I mean even bluetooth cellphone distract the driver. many would say no, most worried parents and spouses. I think that the question shouldn't be should we, it should be how we, since as laws that ban cellphones from cars show people are most likely ignore them. so I think car company's and law makers shouldn't be trying to stop people from using tech in car, they should be working with them so that they use it safely. this also means that people should stop ignoring safety and us common since. next time you want to text and drive pull over or just call cus saving mins aren't worth the years you can lose.
A guy who admits that he texts while he drove a moped....
Chris M

china no one really likes you anyway so lets not push it.....

wow china is kinda going nuts, tho many would say this could be from all that lead based paint they seam to have lieing around. reason Chinese officials are pissed off at what they call inferior quality in brand name products, some named where Dolce & Gabbana, Hewlett-Packerd , Tommy Hilfiger, and Hugo Boss. they say that the clothes and computer products have been known to brake or just be not up the their standards. ok I'm going to stop and point out that at lest one of those company makes almost every thing in china (HP) and lets face it when you think of top notch quality, you sure don't think of china. so its kinda funny that they are getting pissed off at others for the same issue. the main reason this piss's them off or at lest they say it piss's them off is because china doesn't have any strong brand names, tend to have to import Brand names from other country's. and this has a major effect on their economy if they can mange to start exporting a strong brand name it would majorly boost their economy. I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon tho so they will just have to deal with that so called infer quality.
A guy who has spent the whole day downloading video games.
Chris M

Microsoft you sneaky bastard

everyone by now knows of this google, china spat. but what people might not know is that Microsoft, is taking this opportunity to try to push its Bing search engine into the chines market. but so far its problem, such as of right now Bing is not even 1% of the search industry. also its name in Chinese depending on how you say it means sick, cold, or pancake. Microsoft has tried to fix this by renaming it bi ying. one of the main reasons Microsoft wants a greater presence in china is because then they can have some economic leeway to get the Chinese government help with the rampant pirating. which effects Microsoft's two biggest money earners, windows OS's and Microsoft office. I don't think they are going to have much success though seeing as right now they don't have a big share and IF google leaves most likely the next biggest search engine in china will step in and take the market share.
From a guy who likes to spend his weekends in cali
Chris M

googles newist stunter

so far the war between google and apple has mainly be fought out in the court room, both sides have not really said anything about the other to the media. but a few days ago a new hire of Google's Tim Bray, formerly of Sun Microsystems blasted Apple on there newest attack at google (suing HTC the predominant maker of the android system phones.) so far google hasn't said anything nether has apple but Mr. stated that his blog was looked over by google and he was not asked to change anything.
A guy who always seams to talk to crazy drunk white guys this time of year
Chris M

yes I'll have a latte to go with my 9mm

hmm guns, they are all around us here in the states, it doesn't matter if you look at them as evil or good, they are here to stay. and for some people that's ok, as long as you keep them at home and don't bring them to the local Starbucks when you get your morning mocha, but according to Starbucks, barns and Nobel, and wallmart they are all ok with people who have the correct permit to wear a gun openly in their stores. while some people take offence to this I personally think if a person wants to carry a guy openly and it is with in the law then yeah they should, cus look personally I would Rather know you have a gun and know how to react if you turn out to be a crazy person. I myself plan to own a gun later in life to protect my family and home with, (I'll never Carry it on my person cus lets be real here this is America and I'm black, I could get shoot to death going for my safety wallet). it looks like most major companies agree with me saying that in states where it is allowed then yes you can Carry your gun openly.
A guy who hasn't been paint balling in about 1.5 years and feels the need to get back out to the woods....
Chris M

big ass monpolys are AWESOMEEEEE

someone punch the little guy in the face, and give some cash to the man. I like that since I agree with Daniel Henninger when he says bring back the Robber business Barons of old. we as a nation are broke, we are losing jobs fast and small business's are closing every day, SO LETS SELL OUT, lets drop the pretence we need jobs to drive our economy and although it is bad for one company to own all of the market share it is almost impossible now a days. because look yeah sure there are a bunch of upstart business's that will survive and become thriving company's but there are 2 for every 1 that will fail, and not every one is ready to start their own companies, some people are dumb. they need to work for someone else so NO MORE yelling let the little guy win, since right now we need some major big guys to help win our battles, mind you I don't mean lets just let them run wild and outsource every damn thing but small business just don't hire or employ enough people to drive our economy so as of right now I'm pro big company....... but that's just my thought on the matter
A guy who thinks we need to go clubbing next week ?
Chris M

facebook time to add friends

Ah facebook the site that took the teenage and young adult social-networking demographic by storm.  Beating out MySpace, and aim as means of communication, even with all your bugs we (us teenagers) still use you, though we complain about you almost none stop. and it looks like me and my teenage counterparts are the only ones complaing since facebooks creatater and CEO Mark Zuckerburg isn't going public when it comes to his stock, looks like he has his setting stuck on priveit and this is cousing some of his employes to be kind of anoyed since in their contract it does say that the company will go public he's just going to take his sweet time doing it. although he is an admittedly modest when it comes to flaunting wealth, most say it would be a good move to go public now. personally I can't hate on him if he wants to keep tight control of his company for a little while longer, but as some random dude in my school cafe said , if you love something you must let it go.

a guy who loves a pick up ball with his homies

Chris M

back to the basics or a hell of a P.R. bullshit

for my opinion blog this week I chose an article written, or it said it was, by the president of Toyota basically saying the same thing that the ads have been saying for the last 2 months. I just feel that if you are going to say something at lest say something new. stop repeating the same stuff you've been feeding us for the last two months. its like ok you can keep saying oh we're sorry our bad, or you can instead focus on fixing the problem. but that's just me. because to be perfectly honest saying sorry now doesn't help the people who where hurt in accidents by your cars already. also companies seam to think that if they bullshit enough then people will just believe it , and maybe its true but if that is true, its utter bullshit :)
a guy who really likes smallville
Chris M

the Google attacks aftermath

if you where paying attention at all in January you remember Google reported an attack on its Gmail accounts and other applications,from Chinese hackers, the result of this is google pulling out of china. A report by Alex Stamos of iSEC Partners Inc., a cyber security firm, states that the number of companies hit by attacks that bear a strong resemblance to those on Google could total more than 100—about three times the number previously reported. Mr. Stamos stresses, however, that the resemblance does not necessarily mean the same people were behind all of the attacks. this isn't a new thing since chines hackers have been attacking western companies as long back as 2000, the big point in this is realizing how good they've gotten at it. no more DOS attacks, now they are after information, not just to bring down a site, this can be a major problem in the coming days.
A guy who most definitely needs a new laptop
Chris M

the new cold war, digital style

now being only 18 I don't remember the cold war but I do understand what it is. and what Google and Microsoft are doing is definitely a new cold war. it started with a simple $335,000 in unpaid advertising bills. Google sent a two sentence complaint, thinking this was just routine, but what they reserved was nothing of the sort. a 24-page antitrust lawsuit against Google, accusing the search-engine giant of a litany of monopolistic abuses. a little research on Google's part showed that Charles "Rick" Rule, long the chief outside counsel on competition issues for Microsoft. turned out old Microsoft, who is not at all new to anti-trust lawsuits(we all remember the late 90's anti-lawsuits by Netscape against the software giant). turned out this wasn't the first small company Microsoft had funded to sue Google for anti-trust. all over Europe lawsuit have been popping up from Microsoft backed company. its the begging of a proxy war on Microsoft if I ever saw one. Google's comment on it was that as they get bigger this is bound to happen. aka big your best Microsoft, because most definitely isn't scared.
from a guy who always is up for a good game of call of duty four
Chris M