Hackers FTW!

There are few things that I like more than hearing about the exploits of hackers.  These noble denizens of the intertubes seek out vulnerabilities in the websites that we use each and everyday, then, depending on the colour of hat that they wear, either report of these vulnerabilities of use these vulnerabilities to their advantage.  I do not currently have the tools that all of the hackers have, but after I accomplish Project Buy A House I will go about getting myself the necessary tools to become a supreme anti-neophyte super elite hackorz!  However, for now, I am forced to troll the intertubes looking for more stories to feed my as of yet fulfilled urges.

For a hacker like me, famed Pinehurst was overwhelmingly difficult

Wait, you can hack a golf course?

Bad On Top Of Bad

A couple of times in your life, you run across something that is unquestionably a bad idea.  Hitting a golf ball out of somebody's mouth is one of them.  It doesn't matter if the golfer in question is John Daly, a well known and trained golfer with decades of experience hitting golf balls for money.  The reason that this is a bad idea is this:

The story of the model suing Playboy after a golf stunt went wrong is one that made the rounds on the internet last month.  Given the date that the John Daly stunt occurred, the people involved in the stunt should have been aware of the botched Playboy stunt, and been more adverse to doing going forward with the stunt since major structural damage to the face due to impact with a golf driver is more likely than major structural damage to the buttocks due to impact with a golf driver.  Even the people involved in the Playboy stunt should have known better due to a previous radio stunt.

After the Hold Your Wee For A Wii contest, which resulted in the death of one of the participants, radio stations across the nation reformed the way that they handle contests, and became less likely to hold contest that involve actual physical activity.  In fact, long ago many radio stations stopped doing physical stunts altogether due to the liability that can come from such stunts, and the likelihood that the radio station, as well as it's corporate ownership, will get sued.  The Hold Your Wee For A Wii contest is why the Playboy stunt was a bad idea, and the Playboy stunt is why the John Daly stunt was a bad idea.  It's bad on top of bad.  Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to watch the video of the Playboy stunt over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.

Grand Theft Auto Diary: #5: Frustration In Real Life

I'm starting to really not like the missions that involve Trevor. To this point, the missions I've played that involve Trevor include either drugs, explosives, mass murder, or some form of psychosis, if not all of those things. However, there is one aspect of many of the missions involving Trevor that I really really do not like.

I hate flying. I just can't get the controls down right. I can't remember how many time I've failed a mission due to destroying the plane, but I venture to guess it's somewhere around 63,828,274. I've either crashed the plane into the ground, crashed the plane into an object, blown up the plane, gotten shot down, or done something else involving the plane the results in the plane somehow blowing up. For me, flying planes in Grand Theft Auto V is nearly as frustrating as golfing in Grand Theft Auto V.

Yes, I know flying is harder than driving. I know that there is a reason why flying lessons are given by experienced people who know what they're doing, as opposed to the football/baseball/basketball coach of whatever school you're going to. I know the act of flying is a much more spectacular feat than merely going fast on the ground. I don't care. Flying in Grand Theft Auto V should be way easier to do than flying is in real life. Why?

Stealing a car in Grand Theft Auto V is easier than stealing a car is in real life.

Murdering someone and getting away with it in Grand Theft Auto V is easier than murdering someone and getting away with it in real life.

Evading the police in Grand Theft Auto V is easier than evading the police in real life.

Buying a gun in Grand Theft Auto V is easier than buying a gun is in real life, even though it is really fucking easy to buy a gun in real life.

Blowing something up in Grand Theft Auto V is way easier than blowing something up is in real life.

Getting a stripper to come home with you in Grand Theft Auto V is easier than getting a stripper to come home with you in real life.

Dan In Real Life in Grand Theft Auto V is way more enjoyable than Dan In Real Life is in real life.

For all these reasons, and more, flying in Grand Theft Auto V should be easier than it is. Also, coming up with a good ending for a blog is easier in Grand Theft Auto V than it is in real life. All I have to end this blog with is a random picture of a kitten.