Too many times in the past week have I heard people say the word “karma,” and frankly I think it’s a large pile of crap. The belief that “what goes around comes around” can be so misrepresented that people will devote their whole lives to being a good person. This is common among all religions, if you are a good person in life then you will be rewarded in the afterlife. It’s a bit of an empty trade off, someone promises you something and you take their word for it. Anyways with religions aside, I’ve heard many “atheists” saying that they believe in karma because it’s true. Bullshit.

The first part of this is basically common sense. Say I spend my life stealing, dealing drugs, and doing other acts of violence.  That lifestyle is eventually going to get me arrested. Not because of karma, but because of probability. The more I do it, the greater chance I have of getting arrested. Furthermore, if I hate someone and constantly make fun of them chances are they will hate me too. So the hate I put into this person is going to come back at me. This is not karma, this is just revenge.

Secondly, just because one thing follows another thing, it doesn’t mean that x caused y. This is known as “post hoc ergo propter hoc.“  Just because I steal a car then later get cancer, it doesn’t mean that stealing the car caused the cancer. There is nothing that links the two scientifically. Saying that it’s karma would indicate a cosmic force at work. So this cosmic force “magically” gave me cancer as a punishment for stealing a car? Yeah okay, whatever you say Mr. “I don’t believe in a god.”

Face it, if karma was real then why is it that there are so many rich “evil people.”  People who lie and steal and get away with it? People who are never punished for their sins and wrong doings. It’s simple, karma is a load of crap from the hippy age. They just thought it was real because they were high all the time.

It has been a while since I’ve talked about Apple on here, and to be honest it is because I’ve been running out of topics. Recently I was arguing with this one Macfag saying who stated “Apple is a hardware company, Microsoft is a software company.” This is the biggest bullshit I’ve heard. Since when does Apple make hardware? Last time I checked, they have an Intel processor and a Nvdia graphics card. The only thing Apple makes is the operating system and maybe the plastic case that goes around the computer. One could argue that Apple makes the iPod so that makes them a hardware company, but the same goes with Microsoft they have the Zune after all. The only reason OS X is locked to Apple is so they can charge you extra for selling you hardware that you can get for 40 dollars less. No joke, the same hardware. Apple is not a hardware company, but they are a hardware reseller at ridiculous prices.

So recently there was some bullshit that was going down in the street of Toronto. A bunch of people (see: idiots) wanted the city to change the speed limit on ALL STREETS to 10km/h. Yes ten, that’s not a typo. The reason for this is Toronto seems to be having a problem with pedestrians and cyclists getting run over. All the blame goes to the driver of the car, always.

It starts off with pedestrians, they are in a hurry to go to work or to catch a bus so they cross the street in the middle of nowhere. Hey asshole, that’s what an intersection is for. These pedestrians feel that THEY always have the right of way. There would be a left turn arrow for cars to turn, then there would be a pedestrian trying to cross. Here’s a tip: it says “don’t walk” for a reason. If you get hit, it’s your own fucking fault. Sure the driver COULD have stopped, but you also COULD have waited an extra 15 seconds.

Cyclists make the whole thing worse by trying to be a pedestrian/car hybrid but fails at being both. They try to ride their bikes on the street and manage to create traffic by blocking a lane. Then they use the crosswalk to get to the other side. When they use the sidewalk they just end up running into people. “Get out of my way” they say. No asshole, stop riding your bike into me. I’d say biking should only be allowed in the special biking lanes, but there aren’t a lot of them and it would be impossible to get around. The city of Toronto is also spending large amounts of money trying to improve the conditions for cyclists including paving the snow in the winter for bike routes. Are you fucking kidding me? Who the hell goes biking in the winter anyways? All resources should be put into paving the streets. After all, hundreds of thousands of people use them, daily.

So the moral of the story? Watch out for cars, they are dangerous.

From the realm of the past comes arguably the most popular band in the world, the Beatles. Today marks the release of Rock Band: The Beatles. A game developed entirely around the popularity of both the Rock Band series and The Beatles. One might think that this is a great idea, combine two popular franchises into one. The only problem is that these two different things appeal to much different demographics. The Beatles appeal to mostly people between the ages of 40-70 and Rock Band is popular with people 13-25. So the problem here is you have a videogame for old people. Yeah, that will really work out nicely. In an interview, the developers of The Beatles: Rock Band have stated “this game is aimed at an entirely new demographic,” so it’s not like the developers don’t know what they are doing. But will a 50 year old run out and buy a $199.99 Xbox 360 then go to spend 250 dollars for the complete box set of the game? Sounds like a large expense for someone who just wants to try it. It’s not like spending a dollar to try that ‘new’ Coke with Lime, you’re spending 450 dollars + taxes.

The Beatles are a great band aren’t they? It’s too bad I don’t like them. Now before you get all anal and say “you’re an idiot none of the bands you like today would exist without the Beatles.” Yeah fuck you, I don’t have to like them. Music evolved even further after The Beatles, I like this evolved form of music. The same statement can be said about Mozart or Ludwig Van, music you like wouldn’t exist without them. Yet I highly doubt any of you people listen to classical music on a regular basis. Me saying “I don’t like The Beatles” doesn’t translate to “The Beatles are shit.” It just means that I won’t purposely play a Beatles song on my computer. Does not liking the most popular band ever make me crazy? I don’t think so, it’s just that I don’t dig their sound. I listen to music I actually like. I don’t listen to songs because they were/are popular.

And seriously? If you claim to be a Beatles fan, name me 6 songs by them. No Wikipedia, no Google, no lyrics websites. If you successfully named 6, when was the last time you seen The Beatles in concert? Do you OWN all the albums? Are you willing to spend 250 dollars on The Beatles Rock Band? If you have completed all tasks then you are in fact a fan of The Beatles. Just because you list “The Beatles” on your list of favorite music on Facebook, it doesn’t make you a fan. It seems like hipsters and high school kids believe they are cool by listening to a band from the 1960s. Newsflash buddies, you are about 50 years too late to be cool by listening to them. You could be cool by listening to today’s pop music like Lady Gaga, and Jonas Brothers. What’s that? You want be to be different and listen to old songs on vinyl? You’re so fucking cool now.

I’m fucking tired of this Bell bullshit I’ve been seeing around. The first one is the whole “GET MORE THAN ROGERS FOR LESS THAN ROGERS” marketing campaign.  Yeah, more service outages maybe. Bell and Rogers offer pretty much the same services for the same price. Bell Internet has faster internet, but less bandwidth for the same cost. So where is all this MORE FOR LESS crap? I don’t see it. When you offer a shitty service you can offer it for cheaper as well.

Fuck Bell’s “Perfect for laptops” campaign as well. They never explain why their shitty DSL is better on laptops than Rogers. Do laptops have some sexual attraction to DSL or something? I think not. Both services work with a laptop, and the average user won’t see any difference between the two.

The next Bell thing I will complain about is there choice of technologies. CDMA, Satellite, and DSL. CDMA is so inconvenient for a customer who wants to buy a new phone. Majority of the cellphone market is GSM and use SIM cards. Satellite dishes have to be readjusted, calibrated, setup, etc. With cable I just plug it in and I have it, I don’t care if Bell has a free setup. It’s something that you don’t have to do. 

Fuck Bell, Rogers might have some bullshit like $150/month internet but Bell has bullshit like charging you for paper billing. 2 bucks a month.