Bought Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2014

I got this Duels of the Planeswalkers 2014 off the internet. It allows someone without Magic allowance who doesn't drive to Friday Night Magic to play Magic the Gathering for real cheap. The reason why I waited this long to play Magic was because I knew it as an expensive endless money pit. I heard Magic the Gathering is way more fun.

Linux channels on Freenode

My last resort is 1980s chat rooms with text flying across the screen like Facebook or Goodreads. The Linux channels on Freenode are busy 24/7/365.  Checked out ICQ 8.2, but there was few IRC random chatrooms unlike 2004.  ICQ just uses IRC for chat. ICQ 8.2 also connects to Google Talk, Facebook, and AOL Instant Messenger.  The vulgar slang  jibe that was on ICQ's IRC chat is ridiculous. ICQ is used by gangsters, I swear.

Red Hat Linux 7.2 ISOs

My high school Linux distribution at Chippewa Valley Technical College saved on Archive.org   I remember writing a Red Hat 7.2 review in 2002.

I also find images of an old Suse Linux 9.2 from 2004. There is also Suse Linux 9.3.

They keep these ancient distributions online so Hollywood can film "The Social Network".

Full directory

Match box and Hotwheels

I have quite the story to tell you about Matchbox and Hot Wheels.  I've read at least 20 articles from the US and UK how children and adults alike should collect these toy cars.  Now, I hate to be the adult in the room, but I sold my collection to goodwill!  I had about 60 cars in a briefcase.  Matchbox and Hot wheels predated my first videogame console.  I had LEGOs (that I still own), Matchbox, Hot Wheels when I was 10, but that was then.

I made a lot of bad decisions in my childhood such as  I didn't collect Warhammer 40,000, Magic the Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons when I was 10.  These reasons only result in unpopularity.  I was in the doomed to fail childhood of the 1990s predating all Facebook, ICQ, MIRC, MSN Messenger and EXTREME limited access to dial up Internet.

I was absolutely right about stop collecting LEGOs however.  Mall of America LEGO center had children playing there and everybody around here has gone to Mall of America at least twice in their lifetime.

Here is a photo of my collection.

US Military driving US economy?

According to British experts, Russia is in the world top three in terms of military expenditure. The country is increasing its military spending, because Russian defense industry is in need of revamping and the army needs to be rearmed. However, the Russian military-industrial complex is nowhere near the absolute leadership in terms of expenditure. The first place is firmly occupied by the United States whose army is the backbone of the economy. By the end of 2013 Russia became one of the top three leaders in terms of spending on weapons, which is not surprising. In the past year 68 billion dollars was invested in the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation. These data were published by the Organization IHS Jane's that conducted relevant research. Russia has no intention to cut its military spending. On the contrary, even a more significant amount - $78 billion dollars will be invested in the Russian military-industrial complex in 2014, and each subsequent year the defense spending will increase by $10 billion. However, Russian experts believe that Russia's accession to the top of this ranking (especially given that it comes from a British study) does not mean that Russia will be able to quickly move the undisputed leaders of the defense - the U.S. and China, which is not surprising given the political system of China and the U.S. aggressive philosophy. "Russian cannot become a leader in military spending in the coming years, even decades. Why? It is sufficient to compare our spending and that of the Americans," Boris Yulin, a historian and military expert shared with Pravda.Ru. "The fact that Russia is on the third place does not mean that we are only a little behind. We are lagging behind significantly. The entire U.S. economy rests exclusively on military power. That is, the dollar is backed by the American aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines and aircraft, American military bases around the world, and not the American economy." The expert stressed a very important point - the Russian army is equipped with very outdated weapons. In fact, Russia's defense industry requires enormous funds, not because the defense industry requires development, but because, in principle, the Russian army needs to be rearmed. According to Boris Yulin, there is a need to eliminate one big gap that occurred in the defense industry in the 1990s and early 2000s, the period when there was no military construction, production was halted, and the survivors managed to stay afloat only because of foreign orders. "Today we have to make a breakthrough, because we have been disarming for a quarter of a century," told Pravda.Ru Colonel-General, historian and president of the Academy of Geopolitical Issues Leonid Ivashov. "We declared that we had no external enemies, that we served as an example of a peaceful nation, and robbed and disarmed the entire defense sector and budget, privatized defense industry, and destroyed the armed forces. According to the officer, the increased investment in the Russian military-industrial complex is due to global military and political events of recent years that clearly showed the West's position in relation to the countries rich in natural resources. "It is extremely difficult to rebuild what was being destroyed for a quarter of a century, despite the fact that the defense is constructed as a system. Today, some elements of the system are preserved through the activity of the designers and directors. Something was preserved by foreign orders, trading on the global arms market'; something was preserved in Ukraine, Belarus, and so on. Now the task is to combine it all and give it a new spin, a new modern quality to the weapons required by the army. Today we may not be the third," suggested Leonid Ivashov, adding that Russia will never be the leader. "Because from time immemorial we have had a defensive rather than aggressive policy, and the defense is less expensive than the offense." It appears that Russia does not have a goal to be a global leader in terms of defense expenditure. That is, of course, the military might needs to be enhanced, and advanced weapons, missile defense system, and so on need to be developed. High military spending is an indicator of a country's foreign policy. The U.S. is building its dominant role in world affairs through active hostilities. China is climbing towards global leadership by conducting a military reform. Russia's development of military industry has other reasons. Russia cannot ignore major combat operations conducted in the last decades on the Eurasian continent when most of its land is occupied by Russia. Today it is extremely important for Russia to develop air defense systems, space defense and other branches of the armed forces, which would provide reliable protection of the Russian borders and continue to give weight to Russia's decisions regarding world events. Let major military spending remain the privilege of the countries whose economies would immediately collapse without these injections.