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[17:07] Zombie vs Ninja - Rating *** (3/5)
Date: 6/5/05 at 1:07AM
I have long been a fan of old Hong Kong martial arts flicks and as soon as I saw the trailer for Zombie vs Ninja I knew I'd like it.
It has everything you could ask for from a HK flick: the beautiful kung-fu choreography, the incomprehensible plot and of course the sublime dubbing. But this time there's more!
The protagonist and his antithesis are both of European descent (and are both the same actor?) and the evil "Ninja" or "Nin # Ja" are also predominately caucasian. This makes for some really bizzare fight scenes and some crazily gratuitous swearing.
A plot synopsis: All but impossible - even five minutes after "The End" I have not a clue what happened. Basically the hero (Ethan) sees his father killed and seeks training followed by revenge. The training comes from the secret zombie master aka the town undertaker. That was about ten minutes in at which point it lost me. Nonetheless (isn't that a strange word) I thoroughly enjoyed the ride!
Highly recommended.
[03:54] C-To-English
Date: 6/4/05 at 11:54AM
After posting my software list yesterday I felt the need to justify my selection of PasswordSafe and the BlowFish algorithm - if only to myself. With that in mind I headed off to the authors site (Bruce Schneier). Whilst reading the details I came across a link to an English version of the C code for Blowfish as generated by the c program by Leevi Marttila - this is quite old (circa 2000 I think) but I hadn't heard of it. I read the translation and found that you can actually follow the program! Some snippets:
There is William code named "bf_N" who has 16 leafs.
There is Edward code named "noErr" who has 0 leafs.
..
This rugged Charles code named "subkeyfilename" says "Blowfish.dat"
any time he has chance.
From here I'm assuming that melons are about same size as coconuts.
From here I'm assuming that apples are about same size as oranges.
..
Comment by author: " ABCD - big endian - motorola ".
If "ORDER_ABCD" is mentioned, then read next lines.
These briefcases can hold next things:
Treat next things as a compound. There is David code named "word". He
likes melons. Move to next person.
There is Thomas code named "byte". Calculate next thing: 4 He likes to
carry that amount of bags of cherries. Move to next person.
..
Count the amount of things this thing really has: Get the amount of
tomatoes that Kenneth has. Take a box that corresponds to that number
from John. Then count the amount of things this has: Get the amount of
tomatoes that Raymond has. Add previous amount to this: 1 Take a bag
that corresponds to that number and count the number of melons. Take
away what he has. Give this guy these things: Get the amount of melons
that Walter has. Move to next calculation.
..
Beware of stoned humans! There is James code named "bf_P". Calculate next
thing: Get the amount of leafs that William has. Add previous amount to
this: 2 He likes to carry that amount of bags of melons. Initially that
persons has these things: sugar coated 608135816 and this sugar coated
2242054355 and this sugar coated 320440878 and this sugar coated 57701188
and this sugar coated 2752067618 and this sugar coated 698298832 and
this sugar coated 137296536 and this sugar coated 3964562569 and this
sugar coated 1160258022 and this sugar coated 953160567 and this sugar
coated 3193202383 and this sugar coated 887688300 and this sugar coated
3232508343 and this sugar coated 3380367581 and this sugar coated
1065670069 and this sugar coated 3041331479 and this sugar coated
2450970073 and this sugar coated 2306472731 Finally I have listed
all. That was all holdings.
Whilst ostensibly this appears to contribute only humor value it was actually written to circumvent the ruling of Judge Gwin of the Federal District Court of the Northern District of Ohio who stated "...software is not protected by the First Amendment because it is a 'functional device' like a telephone circuit...". So, your code isn't protected unless you turn it into a "story"?