Oroku Saki

After putzing around a bit on the internet, I found an article that some of you may find interesting: http://www.commondre...004/1115-06.htm

Perhaps there may be some hope left for this election? The interesting part is that the Libertarians and the Green Party are the ones who are planning to call the recount. Apparently many of the voting machines in Ohio just "accidentally" counted thousands of votes for Bush, although these votes were not properly confirmed. Why can't the polls stick to paper ballots like my area? Also, there have been several other reports of possible voter fraud in Ohio. Looks like this might turn into another Florida after all, except the Dems are not backing it up like they should.

I know many of you do own Ipods, however I have always been pretty questionable when it comes to buying one myself, based on what I have heard about them. I mean, the Fairplay controls alone make me want to puke. It seems that anything you buy off of the iTunes store can be used on the iPod, and only the iPod. You can't load your purchased tracks on any other music player, and it is difficult to upload any other file obtained elsewhere onto the iPod.

After seeing the following video, it brought me over the line where I will most likely never buy one. http://www.ipodsdirtysecret.com/

If you are an Ipod owner, I would like to hear about your experiences with them, or to correct my statements if I happen to be wrong.

At this point, I think that I will stick to a regular mp3 player that has the potential to be more functional.

I'm sure a lot of you hear alot of stuff in the news of the RIAA suing file-swappers. I hate hearing about the record companies screwing over consumers. Their business practices need to be reformed to become more reasonable for smaller record comapnies, artists, and consumers.

I know I might be ranting, but please bear with me. It seems that the large record companies are trying to het a hold of a monopoly on the entire music industry, controlling what is put out, which explains a lot of the shit music that is being played on the radio. I'm not saying that I hate all newer music, but in my opinion, I have gotten to the point where I don't care as much about what comes out in mainstream music anymore. I support file sharing, because it lets the general public find out about new artists and music styles, instead of the cookie-cutter Brittany Spears bullshit that is polluting the airwaves.

For those who want to fight ths system of corporate music created purely for profit, (and help bring better music to light) I would like to share this website with you.

http://downhillbattle.org/

I recently got the parts listing the boltsniper posted on NHQ, and went out to my local Menards to get most of the parts. I have the main pvc components cut to specs, but I am not sure of the best way to cut out certain parts, such as the area for the bolt to slide back and forth. Also, I am having difficulty in figuring out how to get the main components together to make this gun at least somewhat functional. Has anyone built anything like this before? I would appreciate any advice or help.