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Rodrigo y Gabriela are an acoustic music duo from Mexico City. (I'm not sure why acoustic music duos are popping up on my radar all of a sudden)

So, the story is, they both used to play in a mexican metal band in Mexico. Not surprisingly, it didn't go well for them. They then started their acoustic deal. They are the must hardcore acoustic band I've heard, they probably top the Fiasco

So thanks to a fellow powncer, I saw a video of Gabriela explaining some of their guitar techniques. I've never seen youtube lag that much. Her hand just flies across the strings.

Go check them out.

Here's a "Personal Declaration" I wrote for English about how people under 18 should be allowed to vote:

    I declare that citizens of the United States under 18 should be able to vote in federal and state elections if they so choose and are deemed intellectually able to make an educated decision in an election. In the United States, the minimum voting age is 18. The obvious reason behind this was relevant when the Constitution was drafted in the 1700s. Education was not widespread, and most people under 18 could not have had a clear understanding of the American government. The age of 18 must have been the determined tipping point for an American individual to have an understanding of politics. Another similar situation is the electoral college, which simplified the public vote of the country into a closer election between a smaller group of candidates.

    In the past, that system was deemed useful because there was a large number of candidates that a precise election deemed by a popular vote would have been inaccurate. In present time, the electoral college is disputed heavily because there are only a few well known presidential elections that a popular vote would be more fair and precise than a tabulation by the electoral college. So, being parallel with the electoral college debate, the minimum voting age of 18 should be disputed on the grounds that American citizens are able to make themselves more knowledgable on the subject of elections and should be able to vote in elections if they are deemed to know enough on the matter and are able to make an educated and reasonable choice.

    The catch to this change of the law would be an evaluation or test to determine if the person under 18 should be able to vote. This would probably be the most debated part of the plan. I would envision a test that combines question content that is a mix of past history, current events, and important issues that affect the election that is being voted on. The taker of the test would have to get a certain percentage of answers correct to be able to register. This would ensure that only people with a vote that had basis could be a part of the election. Another part of the test could be a written part where the taker would express general opinion on the election. The test would be evaluated by another registered voter that would be willing to determine the status of the test taker. Then an unbiased decision could be made as to whether the person was eligible to vote.

    Enacting this plan would be a new step in a reformation of the election process. This idea of a test for voters under 18 is similar to the idea of getting rid of the electoral college. American citizens are able to educate themselves more than in the past, and should be able to vote if they under the age of 18. Steps need to be made to adjust to the modern way of life we live with today. Having the ability to vote at any age should be an uncontested right in a country that claims to be free and have unrestricted rights. This is a no brainer, and is also a way to get Americans involved in how the country they live in works. Starting at a young age, to have the ability to be a part of running the country, is a building block on which the citizens of the country are able to make a difference in the United States.

The End! I think stuff like this will happen starting 2009...

   

So, I bought a PC for $150 off of craigslist. 2.4 ghz Pentium 4, two hard drives (30 gig and 18 gig), Windows 98, 512mb RAM. It came with the "cutest" little 11 or 12 inch LCD monitor, keyboard, yadda yadda yadda.

$274 dollars later, it has a 160 gig hard drive, another gig of RAM, and a wireless card. I got to take it apart to put all the stuff in, which is awesome to do, except for getting the case off. I hate cases!

I also "purchased" XP Pro. I love the pirate bay so much.

Then, tonight, I tried putting Ubuntu 7.04 on it. I'm currently on Live CD Mode. My display has a big blue box that says "UNSUPPORTED VIDEO MODE," and the ubuntu screen is up and to the right, getting cut off. The text is also warped, badly. The monitor itself has no controls other than brightness (it's that old school).

Update: I just got really, really nerdy with the Ubuntu console. I'm not truly sure what happened. I rebooted (sudo reboot, I'm learning!.), and nothing changed :(

Any help appreciated!

For a limited time only, The Don't Tase me Bro! T-Shirt.

rofl

This is crazy exciting. An article I wrote for ThinkYouth was featured on Reuters yesterday.

Link to the original article.

Link to the page on Reuters.

I'm off to Deep Creek in the Appalachian Mountains in West Maryland. I've never been there in the summer, apparently we are going white-water rafting. Should be a blast.

Windows has defeated me. My dad's laptop has been having issues with exe's like Word, Outlook, and Explorer in general. It suffers from the elusive nldll.dll error. He says it's been going for weeks and months, but decided to tell me about it today.

So I've gotten RegCure from McAfee, and found 1,000s of problems. I cleaned it out. I handpicked through the registry and deleted copies of suspicous exe's. Other problems I'd seen on forums were DVD drives and graphics card drivers. I took out the DVD drive and updated the graphics card drivers. I hunted down fragments of Spybot S&D and got rid of them. I ran AdAware multiple times. Still not working.

I reinstalled Office. I reinstalled XP. Still nothing.

At this point I don't think wiping the C Drive will even help.

Macs ftw.

Audio: Share an album in your collection that's a classic from the first to the last cut (no need to use the skip button).  Submitted by Cortadito. 

Henry's got me hooked on Anti-Flag's "For Blood and Empire," and "Discipline" by King Crimson is one of the best of all time.

Does anyone know why my iTunes won't download video podcasts? It receives the file, clears the download screen, but when I go back to my podcasts page, the episode is grayed out with the option to download it again.

Show us something that you are saving or budgeting for. 
Submitted by foxsydee.