“Don’t Cry” is a song by Guns N’ Roses, two versions of which were released simultaneously on different albums. The version with the original lyrics is the fourth track on Use Your Illusion I; the version with the alternate lyrics is the thirteenth track on Use Your Illusion II. Only the vocal tracks differ, and even then only in the verses; however, in those verses, not only are the words entirely different, but the meter and melody are also slightly different.
04
Apr 07
Music Video Clip of the day: Guns N’Roses “Don’t Cry”
02
Apr 07
The big heart of the “Reign over me”
Movies that were coming from the other side of the planet (US) in late 80s beginning of 90s were not kind of movies that would flow together with your feelings, or open up your mind widely, they were rather: “Cobra”, “Comando”, “Bloodsport” etc.. – not that many Hollywood movies were translated to Russian and available for the general audience (USSR) to watch. So we were not too spoiled with Hollywood classics, so to speak..
Later on, in mid 90s, when I first saw “Billy Madison”, “Happy Gilmore” and, then later on, “The Waterboy”, they were translated so poorly, that seemed extremely dull and stupid – and that was my take on Adam Sandler, and that what I took with me to the 21st century…
Things have changed a lot when “Hollywood doors” opened up to a boundless flow of thousands of new and old movies from US to the former USSR, and, of course, when I got to know English a little better.
I watched movie after movie, and little by little everything started to make sense – I learned to see and appreciate the beauty that was always there, that before I’ve never got a chance to see, or the language to understand. That was phenomenal! (well, for me it was).
And I did re-discovered Adam Sandler and his work, it finally got to me after a decade. “The Wedding Singer”, “Big Daddy”, “Mr. Deeds”, “Spanglish” – they all “appeared naked” in front of me, and I could feel their kindness, sincerity, and a big and honest heart!
picture is taken from rottentomatoes
“Reign over me” shows Adam in slightly different angle. While his character (Charlie Fineman) is sort of a combination of “Punch-Drunk Love”, “Big Daddy” and “Mr.Deeds”, it reveals a new inner perception of the world around him. In the movie Charlie “pairs up” with a successful dentist, his former college roommate, Alan Johnson (Don Cheadle), which creates a bridge between Charlie’s insularity and Alan’s overall life unhappiness. During the movie Alan is trying to help Charlie get through an awful tragedy that lives inside Charlie’s mind and soaked with his whole essence. By helping him, Alan comes to realize that Charlie, in spite of his problems has something that such successful dentist as himself does not have – Charlie is free!
Movie is witty, funny and very sad at the same time. It has this unbelievable power, when you’re watching it, you know it is long, but every 5 minutes, closer to the end, you are alert and constantly worried that it is going to end, when you really want it to be “just a little longer”.
As most of the previous work of Adam Sandler “Reign over me” has a big, kind and honest heart! There are certain people in our world who have this unique talent, and are able to see and feel “This Heart” – others just go to see comedy or call themselves “critics”.
01
Apr 07
Unlock Motorola V3 RAZR and go to the Moon!
Disclaimer October the 8th of 2010: I have closed the comments for this post, since people are posting a lot of advertisement + some people claim that “scotty2_8.26_downgrader_v2” has a virus. I have not written the downgrader, and it worked for me and many other people without any problems, but if you are afraid there is a virus, don’t use it: it is as simple as that.
Lot’s of forum talks, lot’s of articles on Motorola internals, but none seemed to work 100%, and rather worked 97%. There was still this 3% that kept Motorola V3 RAZR owners from unlocking the phone… Here are tested, and proved to complete all 100%, steps that will let you unlock your Moty.
First, let’s get ready. All the tools that you can download below are MS Windows based (if you are using different OS, like Mac or, like me – Ubuntu, you can install MS Windows in a virtual box).
Ok, so assuming you are using MS Windows, these are the tools you will need to use:
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MiniUSB to USB cable
in order to connect your RAZR V3 to PC/Laptop. -
“p2k drivers 2.9” – This is a set of drivers that will enable your PC/Laptop and RAZR V3 to communicate.
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“scotty2_8.26_downgrader_v2” – this is the tool written by scotty2 which downgrades your phone’s bootloader from (8.26, 8.23, 7.E0) to 7.D0, which is needed for the next tool to unlock it.
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“P2K_Easy_Tool_v37” – this is an actual “unlocker” tool.
(Google asked to remove the link for “P2K_Easy_Tool_v37”. you can find it using any search engine)
Let’s do it
First thing first…
Step 1. Download the tools above, unpack them (unrar, unzip – here is a good tool for that tugzip)
Step 2. Plug in your phone to the computer using (#4) miniUSB to USB cable and install the drivers. Windows will ask you to install the drivers once the phone is plugged in, so just point it to the right directory where you unpacked them
Step 3. Turn off your phone
Step 4. Press and hold two buttons the star (*) and the pound (#) and while holding press the power button – this will bring you to something that Motorola people call “the flash screen”. On the top of the screen you will see something like this:
Boot Loader
08.26
SW Version:
R374_G_0E.41.C
3R_0
Ok to Program
USB
Transfer Mode |
Step 5. Now you will need to run a scotty2’s tool to downgrade the Boot Loader (in this case) from 08.26 to 07.D0. For this (unpack the scotty’s zip and) run “downgrader.exe”. Follow the instructions and the output of the program should look similar to:
Waiting for phone... Found! Getting phone interface information... Registry Interface #: 3 Interface Description: Motorola Flash Interface Interface LocInfo: S Flash Neptune LTE Opening phone for communication... Success! Getting software version… R374_G_0E.41.C3R_B, Flex: GSMV3VCRGR01NA120 Getting bootloader version… 08.26 Getting flash mode… SFLASH (Normal) Sending ramldr… Success. Jumping… ACK JUMP,03FD0010 Saving CG1 backup… Success. Sending Restart Command… Waiting for driver to disconnect... Done! Waiting for phone… Found! Opening phone for communication... Success! Sending ramldr… Success. Jumping… ACK JUMP,03FD0010 Erasing… ACK ERASE,C Flashing Exploit CG1… Success. Sending Restart Command… Waiting for driver to disconnect... Done! Waiting for phone… Found! Opening phone for communication... Success! Sending ramldr… Success. Jumping… Erasing… ACK ERASE,C Downgrading bootloader… Success. Sending restart command… Waiting for driver to disconnect... Done! Waiting for phone… Found! Opening phone for communication... Success! Getting bootloader version… 08.23 Getting flash mode… SFLASH (Normal) Sending ramlrd… Success. Jumping… ACK JUMP,03FD0010 Erasing… ACK ERASE,C Sending Restart Command… Waiting for driver to disconnect... Done! Waiting for phone… Found! Opening phone for communication... Success! Sending ramldr… Success. Jumping… ACK JUMP,03FD0010 Erasing… ACK ERASE,C Downgrading bootloader… Success. Sending Restart Command… Waiting for driver to disconnect... Done! Waiting for phone… Found! Opening phone for communication... Success! Getting bootloader version… 07.D0 Getting flash mode… SFLASH (Normal) Sending ramldr… Success. Jumping… ACK JUMP,03FD0010 Erasing… ACK ERASE,C Flashing Backup CG1… Success. Sending Restart Command… Bootloader is now 7.D0, have fun modding! |
If you have problems on the step “Waiting for driver to disconnect” (it supposed to auto restart after this step), after the phone turned itself off, just turn it on again as it described in step 3 (Press and hold * and #, then while holding press the power button) At this point you should see that your Boot Loader has changed:
Boot Loader 07.DO SW Version: … |
Step 6. Now it is time to run the “p2k_easy_tool_v37” unlocking tool. Run “P2K_Easy_Tool_v37.exe”,
6.1 Go to “Locks” tab
6.2 Choose your phone model (V3 RAZR) from the “Phone Model” drop down
6.3 Check “Unlock SP”
6.4 Click on “Do Selected Jobs” button
And follow the instructions. Here is the snapshot of successful result: 
Step 7. That should complete your journey, and Moty V3 RAZR should be good to go! Now you can take it to the Moon – it’ll work just fine!
Note the last fact is not tested due to the limited knowledge about Moon’s Global System for Mobile communication
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Apr 07
Music Video Clip of the day: DDT Belaya Reka
DDT (or ДДТ in Cyrillic) is a popular Russian rock band founded by its permanent lead singer, Yuri Shevchuk (Юрий Шевчук), in Ufa in 1981.
The original band comprises:
Yuri Shevchuk – vocals, guitar Vladimir Sigachev – keyboard Rustem Asanbayev – guitar Gennadi Rodin – bass Rustam Karimov – percussion
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Apr 07
Top 10 mistakes taxpayers make on returns
Ever make a mistake on your tax return? If so, you’re not alone. Mistakes can cost you money – taxpayers often miss deductions or tax credits.
They can also draw unwanted attention to your return from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and could result in penalty fees. The National Society of Accountants (NSA) identified these “Top 10 Mistakes” that taxpayers make:
1. Using the wrong column in the tax table.
2. For each level of income, tax rates listed in the tax table usually are different for taxpayers who are single, married filing jointly, married filing separately, and heads of households. It can be easy to pull a number from the wrong column.
3. Not claiming the right number of exemptions. Children count as exemptions up to age 23 – make sure they are claimed on the return as exemptions with the current exemption amount, which often increases year to year.
4. Not adding state income tax refunds as taxable income. It’s easy to forget the state tax return refund you got last year. Remember that this counts as taxable income on your federal return if you itemized last year.
5. Not being aware of tax credits. The federal government offers many tax credits, including earned income, energy, education, fuel, elderly, child care, child tax, and foreign tax credits. Many states offer renters’ credits. Take advantage of these if they apply to you.
6. Not calculating and comparing the Alternative Minimum Tax. Every taxpayer must calculate this alternative tax to see if it applies to their situation. Failure to do so could result in additional taxes and penalties.
7. Not claiming a refund of excess FICA (Social Security) tax. If you changed employers in 2006 and earned more than $94,200 (the 2006 income limit that applies to FICA tax) the employers together may have withheld more FICA than you owe. Make sure you calculate this and claim a refund if appropriate.
8. Not attaching W-2 forms and other forms. This common mistake is easy to make, so double check to make sure they are included.
9. Not entering Social Security numbers on all tax documents. In addition to the main return, documents such as Schedule A and other tax schedules should all have complete information, including Social Security numbers.
10. Not signing the return. After all the calculations, don’t forget this important step!
(bonus one)
11. Not enclosing the check for any payment owed. Yes, you must write a check if you owe money. Don’t forget to include it!
from cantonrep