Friday, July 11, 2008

Random Thoughts

The problems that I have had with my online accounts have persisted. E-mails have been deleted before I have had a chance to read them among other problems. I am not sure exactly how affective it is to attempt to contact me online. I have done a lot of research to determine how my passwords could be stolen so often and so consistently. I have a pretty good idea about how its happening now. I am not sure that anything can be done about this at the moment. More about this later...

Recently, I saw an escalator that was a few stories tall. I have never seen an escalator that tall and wonder how safe an escalator the size of a roller coaster could possibly be. I also saw a 3-dimensional face drawn on the size of a building that was probably somewhere between 10 and 20 stories high. I found this somewhat unsettling and wonder how it hasn't caused an accident...

Finally, I was thinking of the use of ironic twists as a device in "Scary Movies." I was watching a marathon back in 2002 at around 2 in the morning and this one creeped me out to no end. I wonder how many people would agree that this is a good episode. There are some interesting themes explored in this one. I am not sure whether they are trying to get people consider what people who make outlandish claims have to say or if it is about the perils of freeing hostages. I am not posting this to convey any of those messages... Just an example of a scarily ironic plot twist... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKILEel3hyU&feature=related