Top 10 tips for online FPS

Here is a top-10 list to become a better player in online FPS. These tips are proven to be successful and effective, just try them out and leave a comment below.

10. Get good equipment
9. Always run, never walk
8. Don't camp
7. Learn the maps
6. Help teammates by sharing health packs and/or ammo boxes
5. Move around all the time
4. Reload your weapon frequently
3. Don't hesitate
2. Always look down the barrel when you shoot
1. Practice, practice, practice

The power of Jurassic Park

(could contain spoilers)

So with the blu-ray edition of Jurassic park around the corner and lots of chatter about a fourth movie, I think it's time to explain the power of the original Jurassic Park movie. (and in my opinion the only good movie of the franchise). But to do this, I must take you back to the beginning.

Ok so it's a dark movie theater the commercials are over lights out and there it begins “Doom doom“ the first sounds of the movie, some leaves are shaking and a cargo box is driven to a specially created platform and cage. Who can't remember that scene it was terrific, you see just enough dinosaur to keep watching the screen, but not enough to loose your attention.

So what was the real power of this movie, first the script. It is a somewhat plausible script because it uses real facts and merges it with fiction. Real facts like the frog DNA, the mosquito's in ember and basic dino facts.
Second the characters were well written and each had their part to play, you had the expert (Dr. grant), the tough independent female (Dr. Sattler), the macho (Robert Muldoon), the somewhat looney (Dr. Malcolm), the creator (John Hammond), the enemies (Dino's, insurance agent, and Dennis Nedry which was wonderfully played by Wayne Knight), the people to protect (the children Tim and Lex), the false hope (Ray Arnold).
The third strong point was that it is based on an isolated island (Isla Nublar), the fact that it is isolated makes it more exiting and makes the introduction of all available characters clear at the beginning. (which was awful in the second and third movie).
The other thing which was good about the film was that it brought many of the action scenes at night which really gives the story an extra boost. (otherwise it's like watching a horror movie happening at clear daylight, it isn't scary). Plausible dinosaur strength, which was overrated in the second part where a jeep was flung around like a toy car.
The technology used in the movie was just enough, so no ultra hyper super weapons were used, no dinosaurs with lasers on their head and more of those shenanigans. The ending was spectacular, it still is. The buildup was good and concluded in a well rounded ending.

I'm not even going to discuss the second movie.

The third movie was terrible, the story didn't add up and they introduced too much comedy into it, like the collecting of the T-Rex pee.
Where should I begin, well in the beginning of the original movie, Dr. Grant hates children and wouldn't want to have some of his own, here comes the twist, at the end of the movie Dr. Grant finally gets the fatherly role and embraces it when he's in the helicopter. So the third movie doesn't make any sense because he is no longer with Dr. Sattler and she has children with someone else. The introduction of new dinosaurs was great but the T-Rex is still the main attraction in every museum. So having a dinosaur stronger than the T-Rex could be good for capturing the audience so it's not the same enemy as before, however it was done poorly. And doesn't speak to someones imagination, I've seen many T-Rex skeletons never a Spinosaurus.
And maybe the worst part of the movie is giving the main character, the kid played by Trevor Morgan, a role in the story that makes him a tiny Rambo and independent and well adjusted to his new living environment. And the ending, don't get me started, Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor didn't know how to end this movie so they chose the easy way out.

So what would be good for the fourth part?

• Bringing back the T-Rex as the alpha dinosaur.
  
• Raptors but not too much, in the first movie it was limited to only a small pact.
  
• Some characters from the original movie, but no cameo's they are horrible. Seeing someone for 30 seconds just doesn't add any value to the movie, and makes people wonder if the movie would have been good if they were written into the script.
  
• Make some of the action scenes happen at night, make it dark, but not too dark so that you can only see the outlines and silhouettes.
  
• Don't show too much too soon of the dinosaurs.
  
• Don't make the people hunt dinosaurs make the dinosaurs hunt the people.
  
• Use the original dinosaurs, not too much new ones.
  
• Go back to Isla Nublar.
  
• The hype is 3D so why not, but it should have an added value so things should be in your face.
  
• Place the dinosaurs around the story, not the story around the dinosaurs.
  

If you have any comments, let me know.

Lie to me, Case ID: Anthony Weiner-Gate

Image from: http://good-wallpapers.com/

So There has been a lot of talk about the Anthony Weiner-Gate.
Below I will give a short analysis of the interview he gave on 1/6/2011, before his confession press conference on 6/6/2011.
Unfortunately I can't include the clip on the blog, however you can watch the interview here.

To dive straight into the matter, on the first question, if he has send the picture to the college student, he has a little smile on his face. When answering the question he looks away down.
On the simple question: "Is this you" (referring to the man in the picture) he avoids the question, (a simple yes or no would be sufficient) and he distances himself by using we a lot instead of I. When he says "I've seen it", again that same smile.
Then he rattles on and on about photo manipulation, witch creates another diversion and an escape route if something goes south. In his sentences he also tries to make it seem like a minor unimportant case by saying "Look this has turned into an international who's done it", with this he means that it should be left alone as it is unimportant.
He is also trying to make jokes the entire interview, for instance at 0:54, 1:20 etc.
In the clip at 2:32, when asked if there are pictures like the one in question, he again avoids the question.
3 minutes in the interview, when asked if the police or FBI was informed, the expressions on his face change from confusion, to sadness, to fear, and frustration. After all these expressions, he again tries to make the case sound unimportant by calling it 'spam' and 'a joke'.
After this he tries to give another reason why the police isn't contacted, by saying the investigation will be funded by the the tax payers etc.
4 minutes into the interview, when the word lawyers is dropped, his facial expression says sadness and fear, which indicates that he hopes this whole case is dropped and just disappears.
Around 4:12 he tries to make a connection to the 'general public' by saying he's a citizen and a guy on twitter. Directly trying to flatter the interviewer (Wolf Blitzer: @wolfblitzercnn) by complementing him on his great Twitter account.
The distancing himself from the topic directly after it by using his complete name in a sentence concerning him, "I have to say, it doesn't necessarily mean that because it happened to Anthony Weiner..." and then when he talks over a different topic (watching a federal investigation) he uses I 'I watched a federal investigation'. He also tries to make the case sound like a waste of money, by implying that a simple investigation costs over a million dollars. By doing that manipulation he tries to make the posting of the image sound unimportant and non-essential.
An interesting thing is he not only tries to distance himself from the case, he also creates a distance between himself and the woman in question, by referring to her as: "this woman" and "this person". Trying to reestablish the fact that she is 'just' one of his 45.000 followers.

Although people try to hide the truth it will come out eventually and bite them in the a$$. As this case did, and Senator Anthony Weiner confessed, and by doing so he threw away his career and chance to be the next mayor of New York. In the near future he probably has to resign, once the federal investigation which has been launched, finds out some of his personal actions were done with campaign money. His wife may not divorce him right now, but it will happen, because although the contact was purely online (according to Weiner), it's still cheating (because the foundations of trust is compromised). But that's another topic for another time.

So that was just a little video observation of how facial expressions and psychological effects and wordplay can uncover the truth without telling it, hope you enjoyed it.

You can leave your comments in the box below.

Top 10 CrossFit Tips

CrossFit has been around for quite some time but is still an upcoming sport/training routine. Therefore I placed 10 tips to succeed in Crossfit.

1. It's not about speed, it's about technique. The thing which can be perceived as speed should be seen ass explosiveness. A good technique is important to prevent injuries.
2. Training will get you there. This is true up till a certain point like most athletes will tell you nutrition will get you all the way.
3. Use that motivation to excel. Don't be afraid to aim high, but make it realistic. For instance don't think you'll look like a bodybuilder without the use of supplements or that you will have a six-pack within a week. Which lead to our fourth tip.
4. Keep a clear eye on your goals. If you want that beach body before summer take that as a goal and mark a specific date in your calendar (because the summer is quite long you know). If you didn't reach your goal don't feel bad about it, you should already made some improvements and keep on working on your goals but whatever you do don't abandon them.
5. Be strict in what you do, sure you can eat a slice of pizza once in a while and don't feel bad about it. But don't do it on a regular basis. Or it's OK to skip a training session because you had a thing, but don't skip a session because you didn't feel like it today.
6. Don't over train. A mistake many people make is training 7 days a week 2 hours a day. Many personal trainers will agree that it is important for your body to rest. Rest reduces the risk of injuries and makes your body recover.
7. Start slow. Whether if you're a beginner or advanced you should always start slow. For a beginner this can mean that you can't do the full program the first week or even longer but you should develop it in stages. (Think of it as you can't run the marathon without any training) For an advanced person this could mean that you should always do a warming-up to reduce injuries.
8. Listen to your body, for it is your body. Don't misuse this point! for it is the path to quitting. What it means is that when your body can't handle for instance the weight of the dumbbell or barbell, lower the weight and build up to the weight you couldn't handle before. Or when you feel an injury don't keep on training that body part, switch to something else. But always push yourself for it is the only way to achieve goals.
9. Be diverse, your muscles are developing, but keep the exercises diverse to maximize your results.
10. Keep the fun in it. If the fun goes, your motivation goes it's as simple as that so it is important to keep it fun. How? Listen to your favorite music, bring along a friend, give yourself a reward when you meet a certain goal, whatever works for you.

If you have suggestions and/or tips/questions leave them in the comment box below.

iSpy Microdrones

They should let you sign a contract when you buy this, to only use it for good.

The mummy online Debut Teaser

really, honestly, really...
Ok so the first movie was, in my opinion, a great movie.
it had humor, action and nice special effects and then there were the other movies and games and stuff and it just doesn't make any sense. It's like Jeff Goldblums' character said in (one of my all time favorites) Jurassic Park: "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should." They just think: Build it and they will come. And with this 'Show me the money!' approach, no one will see the money. Maybe just maybe they could sell 6.000 copies if another movie from the Mummy franchise came out.
And why do they say continue the story, we all know how the movie ended and they should have left it alone. And this is one thing I don't get if people want to spend money on garbage like for instance this game don't. Donate the money to me and I will spend it for you on useful stuff for me or donate it, I don't care just don't develop and invest in a project which is failing before it even was planned and thought out.

School and Technology new KNO tablet shows the future

I love new innovative designs, and last year I was really excited about a new device from Microsoft named Courier. The wonderful thing about the Courier was that it was like a book and that the interface and design was 'out of the box'. In my opinion the design was excellent for students, it had two screens which gave it a book feel (and when carrying it around in your bag the screens are protected). You had your daily planner with you which you could connect to e-mail clients, there was the option to write and type on it. The possibilities seemed endless. Unfortunately Microsoft did not further developed this concept.

And then there was the iPad, which quite frankly completely changed the way people thought about tablet and notebooks. But still many people were left unsatisfied because of the limitations this device has. (You can read this in my other blog Link)

Lately every electronic manufacturer is producing a competitor for the iPad. However many months later someone has picked up the idea of Microsoft's Ccourier and it's called KNO (pronounced as know). It is a Linux based tablet computer with two 14" screens which can also be used as a netbook. It has Flash support and a Wifi, it's not sure if it offers 3G.
From my point of view it is an excellent design for the target group, which are students. It weighs 5.5 pounds and offers 6 to 8 hours of battery life furthermore it runs on a Tegra 2 chip with 16GB of storage.
It also shows that they have listened to Bill Gates as he said:

"We think that work with the pen that Microsoft pioneered will become a mainstream for students. It can give you a device that you can not only read, but also create documents at the same time."

So the device not only supports touch and hand gestures but also a stylus pen (which is included)

The only minor flaws (at the moment) is that it does not have hinges, instead it has a seatbelt fabric to hold the screens together. And I would like to see they would integrate a wireless charging function. So when you get back from school, you just simply place your KNO on the docking plate to charge it.

Oh and one minor detail, it costs a little under $1000 dollars. Which is strange because the target group are students and everybody knows that their budget is limited.

Below I posted a video which gives a good idea of this concept.



Below the original idea from Microsoft.


Link to original message:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/kno-dual-screen-tablet-appears-at-d8-we-go-hands-on/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/bill-gates-microsoft-pursuing-a-lot-of-tablet-projects-pen-b/