HZT Week #3

Hero of the Week

Washington State and their first Animal Overpass

 

I'm big into animal protection and animal rights and and this concept just thrills me to no end.

Big props to Washington Sate government for funding this project.
While not a fix all/cure all solution.
It certainly will not hurt either

And honestly, its nice to see a government body do something for animals so they don't have disasterous interaction with mankind.
Here in Ontario, Candad the provincial government policy just seems to be shoot the animal dead on sight and that way its not a problem now and will never be in the futire.

I can not express how much utter and complete disgust I hold toward Kathleen Wynne and her Ontario Provincial Government for how they mistreat and destroy wild animals (and domestic ones) as a cure all solution.

So big props to Washington State for doing something the right way!

Read the whole story here

Clearly someone gets it.


Zero of the Week

So I wanted to come up with some thought provoking and cleaver topic or person for Zero of the week. And there was no shortage of candidates from ISIS and the multiple deaths over 3 different countries they tied to. Justin Trudeau or Thomas Mulcaire for STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING ISIS is a real threat and you just cant hug them and have a chat with them. The Alberta NDP and the continued realization they belong to anti Oil Sand lobby groups which makes it a clear cut conflict of interest with them now governing the very same oil sands. To just how petty and lack of class Toronto media and sports fans behave and speak in regards to other Canadian sport markets.

Lots to choose from.

But in the end one specific image, that is so vile, nasty, disgusting, and generally unthinkable, keeps coming to mind.

I do not know who invented this
But if ever the title of Zero applied
It applies to the person who made this unthinkable disaster of a product

 

Some things should just be not invented or thought up!


Tech of the Week

Now normally the Tech of Week posting will have something to do with robotics, augmentations, or even computers as that's where my main level of interest falls under. And in this day and age there is not shortage of tech to talk about in those topics. We are making amazing advancements in all those areas with new advancements coming faster and faster and faster.

But sometimes you just have to go to the old standby of space exploration.

NASA's New Horizon Spacecraft will be taking our first up close pictures of Pluto in the very near future.

And that's exciting.

I still maintain that so many of our own problems can be answered in part or full by exploring the other worlds of our galaxy. From raw materials to planetary cycles to understanding different eco systems (and then building greater understanding of our own).

These will just be pictures but we have to start somewhere after all.

For more information on this, just follow the links below

NASA's New Horizons will answer Pluto's Mysteries
A spacecraft launched in 2006 is about to try for our first good photo
Pluto Awaits: NASA Spacecraft 20 Million Miles from Epic Encounter

Pluto Probe Spies Weird 'Dark Pole' on Big Moon Charon
New Video: CNN Horizons Video and article

HZT Week #2

Hero of the Week: All the great fathers out there that do it right

Happy Fathers Day

Special mention to my brother who is the best father I know. And to all my friends who run a very close second, but are surely #1 to their children


Zero of the Week: Justin Trudeau wants MANDATORY voting

I just can not begin to explain what moronic idea this is.
I would rather have a 10% voter turn out then have endless uninformed people turning something as important as a election into a popularity contest.
Or worse, what if all the major party candidates are so dislike-able and untrustworthy (as the Federal Liberals and NDP are currently) that a protest vote happens from the uninformed and we end up with Greens? Communist? Anarchist? parties as our official government (yes I realize what a contradiction even having an anarchist party is, that's why they never get any votes) .

The people whose job it is to excite voters and increase turn out ARE THOSE RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

Trudeau once again doesn't understand or comprehend the issue at hand and just wants to mandate everything, thinking that will win him elections easier then having to win over the people hearts and minds with good solid well informed and constructed ideas and designs.

Justin Trudeau, you are an idiot beyond measure and like Mulcaire I think you will appear in this ZERO OF THE WEEK posting many many many more times before you finally do Canada (and the world) a favor an leave politics for your true love and calling of living off your inheritance and never working.


Tech of the Week: Dawn Engine (Gaming video engine used in Deus Ex 4: Mankind Divided)

I'm a gamer.
I fell in love with the potential of video games almost instantly
So as a gamer I get to see computers be pushed, upgraded, stretched to get the very best out of them
So when a company comes up with amazing new graphic engines its a big deal for me.

Deus Ex franchise was already an GORGEOUS looking game franchise but Eidos has upped their game yet again.
Take a look at the link above and enjoy everything it has to offer.
And then keep in mind these will be the STARTING POINT for next years release of Oculas Rift Virtual Reality Headsets and let your imagination run wild.   

Game Trailers Trailers and more trailers from E3

So E3 has come and gone and with it AMAZING trailers and gaming news.

But who wants news with trailer goodness so here are the titles that sparked my interest or made me giddy like a child in anticipation.

Star Wars: Knights of the Fallen Empire

Star Wars Battlefront 3

Mass Effect 4 Andromeda

Fall Out 4

XCOM 2

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided


And for some fun some of my personal favorite older trailers

StarWars: The Old Republic (all Trailers combined)

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Cyberpunk 2077

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (All Trailers combined)

The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings
The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings
The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings
The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings

The Witcher

HZT Week 1

So welcome to week one of HZT. Hero, Zero, Tech of the week. This will be my first attempt at this so lets start off with some near and dear to my heart.

Hero of the Week:

So often we have decisions made by others that do not allow us any say or recourse. We are not happy with the change but lack the platform required to let those responsible know exactly how we feel.

Well that can not be said for Rhonda Pearson. A Arizona Coyote Fan who was unhappy with the recent ruling by her mayor and city council and took advantage of a meeting to let them all know EXACTLY how she feels.

Coyote Fan goes off on Mayor 

Now you might think to yourself,
"really? That's your first hero"
And I say yes it is. Now a days we so rarely get the chance to speak our minds directly to the people responsible. And many more choose not to, if they ever find themselves in a position to.

So yes, I say she is a hero because she stepped up, said what she wanted to say, said it with out diminishing her opinion or statement, without vulgarity, and was more then passionate about what she wanted to say.

If more people stepped up and challenged those making wrong decisions, I think our world would be a better place. This was about Hockey and a stadium, but the principle can be applied to any host of topics and issues.

Zero of the Week:

So I doubt this will be this persons only appearance here but this issue and his dishonest and outright corrupt behavior lands him as the first Zero of the Week for me.

HZT : New weekly addition to blog

So for a while now I been trying to think of a way to use this blog that wouldn't require hours of effort every day.

Truth is I do that already on Facebook liking and shearing and ranting about those pictures and topics that have some impact on me, positive or negative.

And it seemed like a waste to just copy paste those stories here with my response already made.

Honest truth is most of those topic do not deserve a extra post or mention. When a topic is so important to me, I'm sure I will find the drive to write about it daily, but until then I have decided to go this route and do a weekly Hero, Zero, and Tech follow up.

So every Saturday I will go through the last week of stories and news and what not and find the 3 that stand out to me.

First will be Hero of Week. A person or story that was uplifting to me that deserves mention

Second will be Zero of the Week. This will be person or story that is so selfish or corrupt or idiotic (or hey, maybe all those traits combined) that deserves to be called out on his/her/its behavior or action.

And lastly will be Tech Story of the Week. Our times are changing and there is some amazing advancements being made in Robotic, augmentation, Virtual reality, and other tech that these stories slip by the mass congestion of garbage crap that passes off as news now a days.

So hope folks fine these weekly updates interesting, if nothing else.

Climate Change : 5 myths....and my take on it

 Interesting article in Toronto Sun today Climate Change : 5 myths that will be completely dismissed by the left wing whack a do crowd that blindly support all forms of climate change theory. Which is a shame as if they would just apply the same level requiring evidence and proof to climate change theories, as they do to rest of their lives, we might actually build bridges and move forward on real productive change and policies.

I will however take exception to numbers 2 and 3 in the list.

Myth 2: Wind and solar power are effective in lowering emissions.

Regarding solar and wind energy. There is a few real problems that surround solar and wind energy as a viable alternative that the left wingers refuse to accept as fact, despite the mounds and mounds and mounds of evidence (some by their very own scientists and "experts").

Solar and wind are positive concepts and ideals but the biggest hurdle facing them at this moment is COST. They are just not cost effective at this point in time. That's the simple truth. We all love pictures of some multi-millionaire going to the extreme in alternative energy. Visually it looks awesome and with out fail you will see someone put the worst picture of the Oil Sands against a field of solar panels and say "This (solar) is better then this (oil field).

What they NEVER seem to grasp is that (oil field that never looks as bad as what left wingers try to make it look) supplies power to millions and millions and millions. 

Where as that huge arse area of solar panels supplies power for 100s (not a typo) and costs more to maintain then the oil field at this time in history.

Wind is much the same problem cost effectiveness wise, as it currently stands.

And none of that bothers to address the MASSIVE NEGATIVE Impact Wind and Solar have on the environment as well. Not carbon but WILDLIFE. Wind Turbines kill more birds in a single season then a massive oil spill ever will. Yet we rarely hear about that VERY REAL DISASTER coming from them. And Wind Turbines also have the added benefit of disrupting mating and territorial marking driving wildlife away from their constant buzz and hum of the turbines. Animals that were born in a turbine region are often born deft and die shortly after. Wind Turbines have a HUGE negative impact on wildlife that the left try to hide and cover up when they speak about wind turbines and their effect.

Solar is no better in that regard. What do people really think happens to a bird or animal that gets to close to a solar panel in full operation and heating up? its killed or even worse blinded. If you put them on the water you disrupt fish and water temperature levels massively killing (or driving away) entire regions of fish and underwater life as the panel farm heats up the water in that area. 

Solar and wind are lofty goals that should be pursued, tinkered with, adapted to suit our demands and needs. But they are NOT a cure all solution right now. They are PROVEN financially irresponsible and present a whole host of disastrous environmental issues of their own.

I believe solar and wind will one day play a big roll in our energy production but that day is not here now or the foreseeable future. The technology is still in its relatively young form and needs to continued research and improvement. Rushing it only hurts the people, the animals, the environment. Which is ironic as if you listen to the left wing whack a dos about climate change, they claim we need to do solar and wind NOW because of the people, animals, and environment.

But as usually that crowd only looks at a small portion of the entire bigger picture.

Regarding Number 3, 
Myth 3: Canada’s oilsands are a major source of emissions.

Oil is dirty and probably does affect the environment is some negative way. One only need look at the REAL pictures (not the crap the activist left wingers try to portray Oil Sands as) to see there is allot of things happening there and you have to be foolish to think that much upheaval will have no lasting effect on the environment

BUT that doesn't change the truth about why we need Oil still.

Its really the same argument as what I wrote above. I think the article did some creative math for part of its article on the oil sands. I think everyone knows Oil (not just Oil sands but drilling, Fraking, all of it) is messy.

But right now its the cheapest form of wide spread fuel / power source we have. And cost + supply size trumps emissions at this point in time.

In time I have no doubt some alternative form of energy will over take Oil and the world very well might be better for it. We will see when that time comes. But for now, financially Oil is the best option. Mass supply is also Oil as the best option.

Alternative energy is simply not ready yet.
Not fully developed yet
Alternative energy simply is not the best solution or best answer at this stage of the game