tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8092473073128681682024-02-19T16:42:23.488-05:00Attack ResistanceAttack resistance is an important property of trust metrics which reflects their ability not to be overly influenced by agents who try to manipulate the trust metric and who participate in bad faith. Thanks Wikipedia!Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-8656740896107875192015-05-13T15:42:00.001-04:002015-05-13T15:42:34.582-04:00Face Meltingly Sensitive
Face Meltingly Sensitive
The Absolute Best Playlist of Power Ballads You’ll Ever Hear
Since the dawn of time, music has been used to express feelings of love, lost love, sadness, and, occasionally, something about how hard it is to be rich and famous. Since the dawn of hard rock, that same music has used sensitive lyrics combined with electric guitar shreds to bring tears to the Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-71775045510690136012014-08-13T15:20:00.000-04:002014-08-13T15:20:39.360-04:00Dear Robin Williams
It's been almost a year since I last updated this blog. And it takes a tragedy to bring me back to the land of the writing. That's a terrible way to be, and it make me a horrible author. Not in the You-Can't-Write-for-Shit-Kid sort of way (any previous blog entry spells that out to great effect anyway), but in that Now-It-Seems-Like-You're-Only-Writing-This-for-Guaranteed-Hits way. This is Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-42663398692366829002013-08-15T21:02:00.001-04:002013-08-16T10:41:46.478-04:00Man of Steel: At Least There Wasn't A Giant Mountain of Kryptonite This Time
Warner Bros. takes their copyrights pretty seriously, so here's this watermarked image of a different man of steel.
So they rebooted Superman. We all knew it was going to happen and, given the success of the current Marvel franchises, we all knew it was going to be a litmus test to see if the DC Universe could sustain the same type of interconnected storyline(s). I originally wasn't Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-83221220126522751052013-05-22T10:26:00.001-04:002013-05-22T10:26:51.054-04:00Dear Adam Gabriel ChristianI very, very rarely cross the streams between the real me and the corporate me. Who wants to risk total protonic reversal? However, as the big day is getting closer and closer I'm compelled to share this with everyone else. Below you'll find a blog I originally wrote on my corporate intranet blog. It's about my little sister and the tiny human currently feeding itself off of her body. Special Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-32840607296427348812013-02-13T09:21:00.000-05:002013-02-13T09:21:28.938-05:00Incredibly Difficult Task
There's a disturbing trend popping up on Facebook that I simply cannot fathom. It is baffling how many different times I've seen this posted on my News Feed. What, I ask you, the entire fuck? Is this a difficult thing for people? Are there men and women out there that have to sit and think about this? To prove how ridiculously easy this is I'm going to sit here and rattle off five movies Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-12073272189346081892012-10-26T20:23:00.000-04:002012-10-26T20:23:11.510-04:00The World Almost Ended Just Now
As the nine of you that read this blog know, I have a strong attachment to this new, living creature known as Teh Interwebz. The Internet allows us to communicate with people thousands of miles away in real time, watch as we land rovers on Mars, and of course, take pictures of our food to show to our friends. So if something should ever happen to this now indispensable facet of our day to Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-30675219625539807162012-10-16T11:35:00.001-04:002012-10-16T11:35:47.801-04:00Dear Felix Baumgartner
Dear Felix Baumgartner,You, sir, are the very definition of a BAMF.For those of you that don’t know who Mr. Baumgartner is, let me break it down for you: In 1960 Colonel Joseph Kittinger, former command pilot for the USAF (and surviving Vietnam War POW) participated in Project Excelsior which was designed to test the chances of a successful high altitude bail out and what affect Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-12933421438887353822012-10-11T12:36:00.003-04:002012-10-11T12:36:54.969-04:00He's A Funny (looking) Guy
Some time ago a friend of mine and I decided that we were going to bite the bullet, face our fears, cross off a bucket list item, and some other tired phrase and try our hand at stand up comedy. We both love the format to no end and are moderately amusing to people when we're at parties. Long story short: He did it several times and I did not. I went to see his first performance and Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-34209772964555440912012-09-20T13:14:00.000-04:002012-09-20T13:14:10.449-04:00The Universe
At work the other day, I got reflective and accidentally wrote a poem. My apologies.
I often look at the stars.I get a feeling of vertigo if I think about it too hard.How is it possible that we're still alone?If I stare long enough, and engage all the Math,I can begin to see a three dimensional view ofThe Universe
I often look at the stars.I get a feeling of sadness if I think Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-77030942222197367202012-06-25T18:01:00.000-04:002012-06-25T18:01:18.407-04:00The Search for Our Beginning Could Lead to Many Sequels
Having finally gotten round to watching Prometheus (Happy Father’s Day old man), I am now prepared to
convey to you the follow up to my preemptive review. I’ll tell you now that
there may be a spoiler or two in the article below, but I’ll hide them so you
don’t have to read it unless you want to. I’m not going to nitpick on the tiny details
like I have seen some people do, though I have Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-34908471918474839242012-06-07T19:37:00.002-04:002012-06-07T19:37:19.184-04:00Predicting the (Cinematic) Future
Preemptive Review
Prometheus
I’ve decided that I’m going to attempt a new gimmick at reviewing things, Preemptive Reviews! It’s going to work like this: operating with no knowledge of a film other than the teasers and trailers available before release, I will review a movie. Then, after seeing the film, I’ll see how spot on I was. This is going to be fun. For me. I’m sure that my tens of Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-74080733036267945962012-06-02T18:33:00.002-04:002012-06-02T18:33:57.032-04:00NO KITTY! THESE ARE MY CHEESY POOFS!
Recently, on one of my favorite podcasts, a documentary was reviewed titled Finding North. The point of this particular documentary was to highlight the rather massive (pun intended) issue of childhood obesity in America. In the end, the documentary was reviewed poorly because it left the viewer with the impression that what they saw was a bunch of fat, American kids complaining that they Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-74169939976082750102012-01-26T14:01:00.001-05:002012-01-26T14:04:16.371-05:00Gravity Is Just A TheoryHere's a story I wrote shortly after I got back from a very relaxing vacation in Maine. It was actually the day after my wedding anniversary so I was relaxed, content, and ecstatic that I had managed to trick Mrs. Attack Resistance into staying around as long as she has. For those that believe this story is some sort of contrived play on actual events in order to create a humorous situation out Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-2665781476086565582012-01-19T18:38:00.000-05:002012-01-19T18:38:00.578-05:00What Do You Mean, "Where Have You Been?"What? You act like it's been almost a year since I posted. Get off my back!
The following is a tale I told to some colleagues in the Spring of last year, to explain why I missed a conference call. To protect my job I have eliminated any overt mention of my company's name (and yes, I agree, it is silly/childish that I have to do that). This is a departure from how/what I usually blog, but I'm Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-23378120374777016272011-04-27T12:00:00.003-04:002011-04-27T12:00:06.177-04:00Single Player's Not As Fun In the Game of Life
Sooner or later, Dear Readers, someone from the States is going to impress me with their independent, quirky, nerd loving style. That time is not now. I turn once again to The Great White North in order to find amusement as I have often done in the past. This time it is a pair of Canadian Hosers the likes of which haven't been seen since Bob and Doug. A couple of nerds who sing songs about Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-39390904227377526122011-04-25T11:45:00.000-04:002011-04-25T11:45:04.898-04:00Sh*t Just Got RealI have nothing more to talk about today after reading thisMr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-5007166555766149452011-04-22T11:22:00.000-04:002011-04-22T11:22:46.392-04:00Sweep the LegOkay, let me set the scene for you: A couple of years after the events of The (original) Karate Kid, Johnny Lawrence's parents have another child, and emigrate to Toronto. The Lawrence's second child is a precocious little girl and, desiring nothing but the best for their little one, they decide to change their last name to Simone because the name Lawrence makes people think of guys like this. 25Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-37293042864655123052011-04-20T12:00:00.001-04:002011-04-20T12:00:10.690-04:00Can't Take Sarah to Gallifrey
This is a sad day for me, and probably for most nerds/geeks/dorks. I am on a business trip for the day job and was in meetings, conference calls, and other assorted corporate type things for the whole day. After many many hours of the daily grind I pulled out the sacred iPhone to see the happy news of the day. But the man there said the music wouldn't play.
I have bad news for you, Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-63400123110250031052011-04-18T12:00:00.001-04:002011-04-18T12:00:01.533-04:00Bad Ass, Bad Taste
I know I keep promising a Catman review, and I promise that I'll get around to it, but the Black Ninja post put me into a Kung Fu mood and I wanted to continue to explore that. I found a rough in the diamond over the weekend and wanted to share it with you. Before you go thinking this is a positive review, you should re-read that last sentence. Go ahead, re-read it. I'll wait.
Okay, now do youMr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-19135152325911330842011-04-15T12:00:00.001-04:002011-04-15T12:00:03.166-04:00Classic Kung Fu Cinema
Okay, I know that I promised you guys a Catman review in my last post. However I could not, in good conscience, go through one more day without telling you, Dear Readers, about one of the greatest films of all time. It's a film that set the stage for The 36th Chamber of Shaolin and Enter the Dragon. It's really that good. That film? Well that film is called Black Ninja, and it's going Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-64126099332900940422011-04-13T07:40:00.000-04:002011-04-13T07:40:41.716-04:00I'm Walking, Yes Indeed...
I had a pretty vivid dream last night about Gandhi and Earl Grey tea. This is similar to a dream I had several years ago that I remember in vivid detail. In both dreams an Indian man was talking to be about drinking tea, and walking everywhere. Such was the vividness that I actually remember smelling the tea as it boiled in the pot (but there was no visible source of heat, so maybe dream Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-70867188455900064652011-04-11T12:00:00.006-04:002011-04-11T12:00:17.344-04:00Economy Got Ya Down?
So, amidst all the talk of economic recovery we've got some bad news. Gas prices are going up. So are food prices. Wages are not. What's a poor, self-aware citizen to do? First of all, quit bitching so much. You didn't wake up in Fallujah today, and you're home isn't covered in radiation laden sea water (unless I have a bigger international audience than I thought, in which case, I'm sorry for Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-70255093736280576272011-04-08T12:00:00.000-04:002011-04-08T12:00:01.814-04:00Soon to Be A Grindhouse Classic
Rutger Hauer has long been a Paragon of Geekiness. He's had roles in some of the SciFi and Fantasy genres most beloved films (and this), plus he's got that cool accent. Now, Dear Readers, he has blessed us with a film that will surely go down in the annals of film lore as the 21st century equivalent of Citizen Kane. What is the name of this film?
Some of you will recognize this as one ofMr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-75231625490973563732011-04-06T12:00:00.001-04:002011-04-06T12:00:05.733-04:00This Thing of Darkness I Acknowledge Mine
This could be my most polarizing post yet. I can honestly see all of my thousands of hundreds of ten readers flying off the handle in fits of complete electronic anarchy as they debate the merits of the film I'm reviewing today. Of course, because my readers hate me, they won't have this war on my comment board. If you guys would like a primer on the different types of venom you might want to Mr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-809247307312868168.post-62434014571166436112011-04-04T12:00:00.002-04:002011-04-04T12:00:09.964-04:00How to Save the World, One Step at A Time
By now, you should know that I am an intrepid wanderer of teh interwebs. You should also know that I'm a big fan of Humanity putting aside its douchebag tendencies and doing something to help the world. To that end, I'd like to discuss one of my favorite websites of all time. Now, I know what a lot of you are thinking, but I assure you, you're wrong. The website I want to discuss is one of thoseMr. Attack Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08179920294382721136noreply@blogger.com2