Mobile Tech Reviews

I thought that I was a pretty knowledgeable Ares user. But when I had major trouble getting Ares connecting again after a brief down period I was a little stumped. Fortunately Google is my friend and I after a brief search around some Internet forums and notice boards I knew that I was not alone. This is one of the beauties of Ares: there’s always someone with the same problem (and invariably they’ve solved it, too).

Apparently the problems in getting Ares connecting properly started to emerge in late 2006. In December 2007 they reappeared and now they’re back with a vengeance.

The problem seems to be based around something called a ‘cnode’. These cnodes are the initial IP addresses that Ares uses when it starts up; it is these that really get Ares connecting to the outside world in the first place. Some of the older implementations of the Ares software – old, worn, classics like Ares Galaxy – were simply not repopulating this list of cnodes, so when you restarted you’d get a series of dud IP addresses to connect to.

Newer versions of Ares – superstars like Ares Vista and Ares Ultimate – just update this list of cnodes constantly and so you’ll have no trouble getting Ares connecting just as it should.

My recent trips to Patong have been fantastic, and I think I’ve finally found someone who I love – she certainly loves me and tells me all the time. I gave up trying to understand Patong girls some time ago, as it’s clear that they’re an enigma. I just take them at face value now and it’s clear that my girl loves me dearly. Never again will I make an attempt at trying to understand Patong girls again.

We met in a bar where she danced and also loved to play Connect 4. I have been trying to understand Patong girls and their love of such trivial games (and the reasons why they’re so damn good at them!!) but, again, I have given up. Naturally she beat me at the game and I was forced to shell out most of my vacation money to keep her in drinks. She deserved it, though.

I honestly thought I had died and gone to heaven when I came here. I came from the US where I was a below average looker to here, where the girls simply loved my looks! I thought I should be trying to understand Patong girls but, ultimately, I was happy enough not knowing.

The little drug Salvia Divinorum is legal under US Federal law. Individual states, though, have recently passed laws that see Salvia banned or restricted in some way. Salvia is legal across most other countries except Australia.

Salvia gained notoriety when the parents of a Delaware teen blamed the drug for tragic and untimely death of their son who committed suicide, seemingly while under the influence of the hallucinogenic drug.

Users say that using Salvia induces hallucinations which can make users feel like they are having outer body experiences or are merging with inanimate objects or even the floor. There have been no confirmed reports of Salvia being bad for you in the long or short term; which makes the laws seeing Salvia banned just more ludicrous.

Oklahoma and Kansas are the latest of 11 states to see Salvia banned, with another 20 or so considering the banning or limiting of the drug.

As noted above Salvia is still completely legal under US federal drug law and it is widely available over the Internet. The drug comes in its natural state or as a concentrated extract which is up to 60 times more potent than the natural form. We don’t want to see Salvia banned, but there is little we can do to fight against the country’s lawmakers.

Let me tell you about the variety available in the Phuket nightlife.

Still here are the numerous Thai-style clubs with their local cover bands and small tables around which the locals dance the night away. The difference now is that this is not the only type of club to grace the Phuket nightlife.

Reduced too are the number of clubs in the touristy areas on the island that cater to hip hop and dance music hits. The music is usually not very creative, but these clubs provide cheap booze and space to dance.

The new kids on the Phuket nightlife block are the few clubs that really concentrate on offering harder dance music to the clubbing connoisseur. And they’re doing this in style, inviting eminent DJ’s like Judge Jules and Louie Vega to the island. Testament to Phuket’s cautious attitude towards the heavier music is the fact that these massive gigs were no more than half full at any time.

The Phuket nightlife is improving quickly but the island’s attitude is improving slightly slower. This will change, though, and Phuket will become the nightlife capital that it so richly deserves to be.

Increased insight. Heightened empathy with others. Perceived time travel. Increased self-confidence. Improved mood. All sound good? These are the side effects associated with the naturally occurring hallucinogenic Salvia Divinorum.

And the benefits of hallucinogens have been known for thousands of years. Throughout human history, we have used plants in order to enter altered states of consciousness and accelerate our spiritual quests. Some negative feeling towards these drugs in the 60s and 70s (detractors were criticizing the movement that associated with the drugs rather than the drugs themselves) did not stop the popularity growing steadily. Today most psychedelic drugs have been made illegal but some, not least Salvia Divinorum, have managed retain legal status.

Salvia is related to the sage and mint plants and is common in Mexico. In its natural form, and whether chewed or smoked, the Salvia plant has only mild effects. Much more potent is the concentrated version of the plant sold widely on the Internet.

Good luck on your search for spirituality.

If you’re looking for an Apple iPhone games then you might be disappointed: online stores have reportedly run out, and brick and mortar establishments are running low. Why would Apple, one of the biggest companies in the world, allow stocks of their top selling toy to lapse so dramatically. The answer is in the question: they allowed this to happen.

So the next rather obvious question is why they would do this. Well, that’s easy when you think about it, too. Apple’s plan is to release the next generation of iPhone games in the relatively near future; holding back on stocks of the older iPhone games helps in three ways. Firstly it creates a demand which the new version will then satisfy. The second reason is that Apple are very keen to sell their iPod/iPhone hybrid thingy. Thirdly it simply saves them having to make and ship more old iPhone games that would then potentially be recalled.

I like slickness in my computer programs. Slickness is something that gives me the illusion of competency. Sometimes software is both slick and competent. Ares Ultimate is just such a piece.

I wasn’t really looking for another piece of filesharing software as the one I’ve used seemed ok. I stumbled across the Ares Ultimate website and liked what I saw: careful simplicity. So I downloaded away.

And the slickness came. Honestly, this was such a breath of fresh air after seeing my old music filesharing software for so long: what I had in front of me was like manna from heaven. Yeah, I liked this. I liked this a lot.

So, I thought, Ares Ultimate looks the part, but does it play ball. Oh it does. The operation is a great deal different from my other software but it just seems more logical. Everything seems to be where I would put it if I were designing software. Oh, and it works with AOL which is, unfortunately the only ISP I can use.

So would I recommend Ares Ultimate? Absolutely. I really have removed my old software from my system and I’m just using this now, full time. And all this change from an accidental download. Definitely recommended to everyone!

What others are saying:
Nice results with Ares Ultimate
Ares Ultimate surprisingly easy to use

When you want to share files you want the software that helps you do just that. You don’t want software that does a hundred other things as well. Not only is over specified software slower, less efficient and less reliable at its job, it can also make your job all that much harder. The learning curve on more complicated software is inevitably a lot steeper than software that just does what it says it is going to do.

This is where the designers of Ares Ultra come in. This is a filesharing application that allows you to share files. Ares Ultra is as simple as that. It doesn’t allow you to play solitaire or to process word documents but then that’s great because if I wanted that I’d fire up my word processor or solitaire programs. Ares Ultra does exactly what it says it’s going to do.

In a world where increased complexity and function seem to rule supreme, it is refreshing to see lowly Ares Ultra doing something right.

The use of Salvia as a legal hallucinogenic drug may soon be curtailed across the US. The state Senate in California is currently examining a bill introduced by Assemblyman Anthony Adams that could see sale of Salvia to minors made illegal. Salvia is currently legal across California and most of the United States.

The short-term effects of Salvia have been observed to include hallucinations and disorientation. The long-term effects are currently less well understood and, according to opponents to the bill, the illegalization of the drug could well restrict the ability to perform research. This is more important when once considers the potential medical uses that Salvia could offer.

This obstruction to research is, according to Anthony Adams, greatly outweighed by the dangers posed to users when, for example, they lose control of their body and mind. The long-term effects might not be widely known, but there is enough evidence to suggest that the short-term effects are damaging enough on their own.

Keeping ahead of whatever industry you are involved in is imperative for any business; the hoops each industry requires you to jump through, though, may be different. The music industry’s particular hoops at present are those involving the provision of free music downloads to customers and fans.

Over the last year or so the strategic importance of free music downloads has increasingly been seen as essential to the working of the industry. Services such as We7 and Spiral Frog are offering free music downloads (albeit with commercials) and bands like Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and now Coldplay are offering all or some of their latest albums for free (or effectively free, in the case of Radiohead) download. Free music downloads is becoming a crucial factor for commercial success.

Jim Guerinot, the talent manager who looks after acts including Nine Inch Nails, is adamant that free music downloads has a place in the industry: “I think free has been very important for a long time,” he said.