WoW - Rogues Do It From Behind

Any World Of Warcraft fans will love this video, especially Rogue fans. WoW is only going to become more popular with the release of the World of Warcraft Motion Picture Movie (Produced by Thomas Tull of 300) and the new game expansion: Wrath of the Lich King. When I played WoW, (haven't played in a couple months, let my account expire) I leveled my Night Elf Rogue from level 1-70. (My Armory Profile) and my Undead Warlock (which was the most fun to play). I must say I devoted allot of time in doing that. Too much time. I also got WoW working in Ubuntu and worked very well! Nevertheless, it is a fun game. I don't play anymore, but what is cool about the game is you can pick up where you left off when your account has been inactive; They won't delete your account for inactivity (of course there is ways to play for free on private servers). So I may pick back up sometime when I get more time play.

Who Kicks More Ass: Batman or Iron Man?

In the light of the new movie Iron Man, I stumbled upon a site apparently intended to strike up a war between people who thought Batman would win in a fight with Iron Man or Iron Man would win a fight between Batman. Now, if you haven't seen the new Iron Man movie yet, it is Awesome! I didn't think I would be in for such a treat but I was pleasantly surprised. Anyway, on the site, it is definitely pro-Iron Man, saying things like, "Who would you like to be? A tortured soul who lives a miserable life having flashbacks about pearls falling on a dirty street, lives with another man, and fights crime in rubber pants and a cape, or a brilliant inventor who builds his own gadgets, dates—for real, not as a facade, you know, with actual sex—the hottest girls on the planet, and can fly in a hot rod red and gold armor? Hello?" But some of the user comments think differently, saying things like, "Batman would kick Iron Man's ass any day. Batman is to too damn resourceful and smart. Sure Tony Stark has great technical skills and is no idiot, but Batman is a highly trained ninja/detective/ass-kicker. They both have the money and intelligence to make any of the weapons and gadgets they want, but Batman's ninja skills won't be impaired by alcohol. Bruce Wayne has Alfred, Tony Stark has Penny Potts. And I bet you Alfred is smarter than Penny. The clear winner here is Batman. It's not even a competition." Most of the user comments seem to lean more towards Batman being the victor and why they think so.

Personally, I think it would be a very close fight. They both have similar traits, both are millionaire playboys who rely on their gadgets to fight, But with that said they are both very different as well. Also, when comparing the two as to which one would win a ass-kicking, we have to take into account which Batman and Iron Man we are talking about: the movie heroes, comic book, etc. So anyways...I always get a kick out of threads like these where you have all the geeks arguing over what comic book character could kick whose ass in an all out brawl. The site again is http://gizmodo.com/387583/who-kicks-more-ass-batman-or-iron-man

A Map of the World's Undersea Internet Cables

I thought this was interesting. Click to enlarge!

Install Compiz-Fusion on Ubuntu

Seems a fellow Blogger has posted detailed instructions for installing Compiz-Fusion on Ubuntu for new Ubuntu users. I thought I would post a link to it since it seems pretty straightforward. As of Ubuntu 8.04, Compiz comes by default and is enabled if your correct graphic card drivers are installed. The only thing you need to do then is to install the Compiz Configuration Settings Manager.
Open a terminal and type:

   sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

and it shall be installed. After that navigate to:

   System --> Preferences --> Advanced Desktop Effects Settings

and there you may enable/disable any plugin you want.

Heres the fellow Bloggers post on getting Compiz-Fusion installed:
http://puttabutta.blogspot.com/2007/06/how-exactly-to-get-compiz-fusion.html

Here's one I used with great success: http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/techblog/article/enable_compizfusion_in_ubuntu_feisty/

and another to enable the effects and plugins: http://forlong.blogage.de/article/2007/8/29/How-to-set-up-Compiz-Fusion

You can learn about what Compiz-Fusion is, how it works and where it came from:
http://www.techenclave.com/open-source/compiz-fusion-an-unparalleled-3d-environment-114472.html