Have you ever thought of numbers' algorithms. Just what is an origin of arabic number system? Why 1 is "one", 2 is "two", 3 is "three"..... and not the other way?
The explanation is very simple. THERE ARE ANGLES!!!! Look at these algorithms written in their primitive form.

It's been a momentous 12 months here at LiveJournal. We crossed a capital T at Ten years young. And, like most precocious pubescents, we celebrated turning double digits by publishing our first book! Needless to say, we've experienced some major changes, both inside and out. Before we recap, we'd like to thank you for bearing with us as we've struggled through ungainly growth spurts, identity pangs, and, yes, the occasional blemish. We hope you'll continue to stand by us: We're gaining wisdom with maturity.

Stuff you liked

• Back in February, we placed a call for entries for our ten-year anniversary anthology in lj_turns10. In December (less than a year later!), we officially announced the publication of Live Journal: The First Decade. Featuring an inspired collection of writing, photographs, and artwork from the pages of LiveJournal history, the book has been selected by Blurb.com as a top staff pick! We are proud to have played host to so much talent over the years, and we thank our contributors for sharing their extraordinary work.
• We all love quirky surprises, but not when it comes to managing our account settings. This year we streamlined settings into one central account management area. No more pouring through FAQs to figure out how to control privacy settings, modify notifications, adjust mobile settings, or update contact information!
• Being users ourselves, we realize our own mothers couldn't find us on LiveJournal based on our usernames and userpics alone (*heaves heavy sigh of relief*). But since there are times when we actually want to be found, we created a search tool--Find Your Friends--to help locate people by email address (it's in the Friends drop-down menu).
• Spam counter-attack: The war against vicious malware and spambots reigns eternal, but we've been making serious inroads to ensure your online security. We've established new protocols, such as requiring email address validations. We've grown more savvy about ferreting out suspicious behavior. We've added features, like whitelisting, to help you protect your communities. Our valiant (i.e., overworked) spam avengers (a/k/a the LiveJournal ops team) are standing on red alert so you can sleep safely at night.
• After an intensive beta, we launched My Guests at the end of the year, which lets you see who's been hanging around your journal. A number of you have even discovered secret admirers (not all of whom are creepy)!
• Last, but by no means least, we want to thank our volunteers for providing invaluable support and feedback. Their Herculean efforts enable us to answer your questions more efficiently, identify spammers, reduce abuse, and deliver better features (through tireless testing). On behalf of the staff and the larger LiveJournal community, we are truly grateful for their diligence, intelligence, loyalty, and passion.

You got your fix

• We recently debugged a number of the oustanding issues with the rich text editor so your entries look great regardless of whether you know html. You can read more about text editors here.
• In response to user demand, we brought back international voice posting. For more info on voice posting, read here.
• At long last, we revived TxtLJ with Verizon. For more info on TxtLJ, check out the FAQ.

Paid features you enjoyed

• In December, we introduced My Stats, which provides detailed data on who's been viewing your entries as well as statistics on commenting, RSS requests, friending history, and more. Despite a few early glitches, the response has been extremely favorable.
• This year, we launched and improved Notes (i.e., the feature formerly known as Alias), which lets you add private comments on friends and commenters (it's in the Profile drop-down menu). This way you won't be caught red-faced when you strain to remember details about that wonderful LiveJournal friend who sent you a birthday vGift. For more info, read the FAQ.
• When we first announced View friends pages by date, we thought it would be a quiet, minor enhancement. The rave reaction floored us, which made us all very happy. We gave it a fine tuning in February of 2009, so it's even better!
• How embarrassing! It appears pingbacks have gone back to the shop for service. We’ll keep you posted. We didn't know just much you liked pingbacks until it went in for service. It's back and, judging by your irritation when it wasn't available, this is good news. FYI, pingbacks send instant notifications (via screened comments) whenever someone links to one of your entries on LiveJournal. For more info, read this entry in paidmembers or check out the FAQ.

Mixed reviews

• The search is still on. Some of you have reported getting more comprehensive results for keyword searches using the new Yandex search engine and like the ability to search within content categories (like entries or comments). Others have not been satisfied with the relevancy of search results. Please be patient. We're still tweaking this product.
• This past December, we wanted to try out a new holiday promotion. Given the crap economy, we decided to offer our Paid/Permanent users a stack of $10 coupons to send to Basic/Plus users for paid account upgrades. We hoped you would like it. And some of you did, but many were disappointed that we didn't offer Give More as well. We want to thank you so much for letting us know. Your input will help us plan better in the future. Just FYI, Paid/Permanent users can continue to send out coupons through January 15th. Coupons can be redeemed through January 31, 2010.
• We were pretty excited about Your Journal Your Money, which allows Paid/Permanent users to earn extra cash by displaying Google ads to Basic/Plus and logged out users. A number of you tried it. Some of you really like it. Others, not so much. (Just FYI, Paid/Permanent users who do not participate in this program will not view ads on journals. Participants will see ads on their own journal, but won't see them on other journals unless they specifically opt in.) For additional details, visit here.
• We relaunched m.livejournal.com, our mobile app. While it offers a nicer UI and enhanced functionality, some of you think we can do better on load times. Like most of us, it's a work in progress. You can customize your mobile settings here. For more info, please read the FAQ.

Missing Inaction

• We shudder to bring up the neon purple elephant squatting on our heads, but, yes, we didn't give you those a la carte userpics. We've been making radical improvements to our backend in order to support them. But no excuses. We know you want them. We cringe every time you mention them. We're sorry we dropped the ball on this, and we promise to do our best to get them to you in 2010.

Stumbling points

• Back in early August, we experienced outages related to a series of DDoS attacks. We are proud to report that we were down a total of one hour over the course of a few days. We thank our heroic ops guys for getting us up sooner and more consistently than any of our less fortunate social networking friends. We apologize for leaving you temporarily stranded.
• A couple of months back, we offered a free, unrestricted vGift, which induced a snowflake cookie avalanche. This resulted in backed up/delayed notifications, which, in turn, led us to reboot systems, rendering scrapbooks unavailable. It took a while to shovel free. Apologies for the inconvenience. We learned a valuable lesson that should keep us calamity-free in the future (fingers crossed while knocking on wood).
• That darn Best Buy ad. First off, we're sorry about the audio auto-play (we got it turned off as quickly as possible). While it's true that we'll continue to show this type of ad to accounts that normally see them (never to Paid/Permanent accounts), we'll make sure the sound defaults to off moving forward. We promise to do our very best to keep ads to a minimum on LiveJournal, while keeping a roof over Frank's head.

Full steam ahead!

As we plunge headfirst into the next decade, we want to take a moment to look back and thank all of our employees, both past and present, who have worked so hard to create our unique and magical universe. We couldn't have made it this far without you: Your contributions brighten our path everyday. We also want to extend our heartfelt appreciation to each and every one of you. Whether you've been around for ten days or ten years, your humor, intelligence, talent, and creativity are what makes this the most vibrant global community on the Internet (the best place on the Web, in our humble opinion). Here's hoping that 2010 will be the greatest year yet! We thank you for joining us as we embark upon another glorious decade of LiveJournal history!

GACKT is certainly keeping busy these days, but since he's celebrating his 10th anniversary (and I think we all know that GACKT really enjoys celebrating himself), I'm having a great time celebrating right along with him! I'm a little bit behind right now, since the latest single was released on New Year's Day, but I won't have my copy of that one til the end of January, so I'll post what I received in my last shipment instead.

Setsugekka was released on 2009/12/09, and it's the theme song to a game called "Samurai Warriors 3". Between the game tie-in and GACKT's new leaning toward a Japanesque sound, I adore the direction this single goes. Of course it has all of the talent, skill, and high production values that I expect from everything that GACKT does, but the Japanesque touches are so wonderful. Some of it is obvious, like the use of the shakuhachi in "ZAN", but be sure to listen to the instrumental versions of both songs because you can even hear the traditional elements in some of the chords and rhythms. For all that GACKT can be over-the-top sometimes, he can also be very subtle and graceful. No wonder I love him so much! This is an amazing single, and while I'm sure you already have itm there was no way that I was going to not post it.

GACKT - Setsugekka -The end of silence-:
01. Setsugekka -The end of silence-
02. ZAN
03. Setsugekka -The end of silence- (Instrumental)
04. ZAN {Instrumental)

With a new single comes a new PV, and the PV for "Setsugekka" is very cinematic and beautiful. I think the mood of the PV fits the mood of the song really well. The imagery is beautiful, too. The mask gives me the creeps a little, but those masks always do -- it's the empty eyes. *shudder* GACKT is flawless, and his hair is really good again. Nothing weird, so hopefully he learned from the cornrow incident and won't be doing anything crazy again. If GACKT tries to cram anymore giant silver rings on his fingers, he will no longer be strong enough to lift his hands. This video would be perfect if You and Chachamaru were more prominently featured. From the glimpses of them, they both look really good right now, and I find myself more obsessed with Chachamaru the older he gets. Yum. This is a TV-capture, but it's a really good one, hence the excessive file size.

GACKT - Setsugekka -The end of silence- PV

The CD is my rip at 320 kbps, and the PV is courtesy of Yukai.

Current Mood: cold

That little child sulked the lifeblood out of me. In a good way, of course. I had very good Christmas Eve spent with my family. I could play with my little sister for long hours, even so sometimes I wanted to 'hide from her', because she was chasing me everywhere. A great manipulator is growing up, I couldn't say 'No' to her. But who would? Look in her big, blue and innocent eyes!

I took a rape kit last night. If you guys see me it's the same drill as the incident in Japan. bear with me. I don't know if it will be worse or better on my reactions. Thank you.

I'm so confused, what is going on. I don't wanna feel this way.

Current Mood: indescribable

Mika, the drummer from RENTRER EN SOI, is back with a new solo project! forbidden days rhapsody released their debut mini-album on 2009/12/23. Mika plays drums and put the whole project together (obviously), and he's joined by Shun (also ex-RENTRER EN SOI) on both guitar and bass and Rui on vocals on two tracks. I'm not entirely sure where Rui came from, so if anyone can shed some light, I'm curious about what he's done before this project. He sounds so much like Yasu from Janne Da Arc and Acid Black Cherry, and he has a really powerful and passionate vocal style, so I'm sure that I should know him from somewhere, but I can't place him just yet...

Anyway, I dearly miss RENTRER EN SOI, so I was eager to hear what Mika was up to. I listened to this mini for over half of the day at work, and it still hasn't gotten old. Two of the tracks have the previously mentioned Yasu-esque vocals, and the others are very cinematic and atmospheric instrumental tracks. The music is sometimes rock, sometimes ambient, sometimes electronic, and mixes in hints of all the different aspects of RENTRER EN SOI's music while sounding completely fresh and unique. "HANDCUFF" and "LAVATEIN" are the two vocal tracks, and I would recommend starting with those, but the whole mini is really compelling, so you should listen to the whole thing. I'm really intrigued and inspired by [canticum], and I'm looking forward to where Mika is going in the future!

forbidden days rhapsody - [canticum]:
01. HANDCUFF
02. UNTITLED
03. REFILL
04. CRAWL
05. IN DELIRIUM
06. FORSAKEN SORROW
07. LAVATEIN

My rip at 320 kbps.

Current Mood: tired

Icons;
[25] the GazettE
[10] SCREW
[11] DBSK
[8] Henry Lau

Teasers:

creativemolder

Current Mood: accomplished

      SPV (лейбл, на котором Covenant подписан) объявили приблизительную дату релиза нового альбома:

      в феврале-марте 2010 выйдет новый альбом Covenant "Modern Ruin" (спустя 4 года после последнего студийного альбома "Skyshaper" и 3 года после "In Transit"). альбом будет выпущен в двух версиях: обычный одинарный альбом и лимитированный двойной.

      источник: http://www.side-line.com

This song is so stupid, but catchy 8D c_tenshi, just why u showed me the video with that song!! XDDD



download mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?jqdr1ofg4tw

The moves are so easy to remember, but EUN JI WON still screws up XDDDD

I'm a bit out of line with these holidays.....I hope yoga will help me tomorrow.

You know, I've been checking up some jrock bands and found a few, whose music is nice to be heard at least once. GLORY HILL is one of them. The music genre the band plays is punk rock. I think if u've ever liked the bands like Ellegarden, 9mm Parabellum Bullet you will like these guys too.
Bare with their English pronounciation and just enjoy the whole song. It's very good one.

Hello everyone and happy new year!

Well I was watching some SCREW pictures and I found these.





Do you have that video?

I'll be very glad if somebody could upload it^_^

Thank you.

Hey out there! Happy New Year!

I'm going to see about getting back on track around here, but I'm not going to hold my breath because I'm having so many problems managing my time these days. Work, overtime, school, family, holidays, writing... It's weird to be so busy. Good, I guess, but weird.

Anyway, I'm starting off the New Year right by posting an incredible new collection from my second favorite band, D'espairsRay! D'espa celebrated their 10th anniversary by releasing an Indies Best CD on 2009/12/29. Since I love D'espa, this one was a no-brainer, and you all probably feel the same way. I already owned most of these songs on other albums, but a few songs were released on singles that I either don't own or don't carry around with me, so it's great to have a fresh collection with some really great songs that I don't get to listen to all the time.

D'espairsRay - IMMORTAL:
01. Ori no naka de miru yume
02. MaVERiCK
03. Garnet
04. BORN
05. Yami ni furu kiseki
06. Fuyuu shita risou
07. "Forbidden"
08. ABEL to CAIN
09. Kogoeru yoru ni sai ta hana
10. Closer to ideal
11. Squall
12. MIЯROR
13. Cocoon
14. Scissors
15. HORIZON

My rip at 320 kbps. *EDIT 04 Jan -- New zip link posted. The first one got hotlinked somewhere and downloaded 500+ times in 48 hours before SendSpace deleted it.*

Current Mood: relaxed

Hmm, not much to say. Due to uh, certain circumstances which I will not mention here, this week between Christmas and New Years always seems to be the worst week of the year. I can hardly believe I'm saying this, but at this rate, I can't wait to start up school and have everything back to normal again. Scratch that... I'll try to be a little more positive here. I actually managed to get the next part of my story looked over and ready for posting, so here it is.

Other than that, not a lot is going on with me, but *brings out the champagne* I did want to wish everyone out there a very, very Happy New Year! I hope everyone will have plenty of good luck, happiness, and health in the coming year and, for those that maybe didn't have such a great year this time around, I hope this next one will be a lot better for you. Happy 2010! ^___^ And seeing as that's pretty much it...

( The story is under the cut, like always )

Current Mood: crazy

Recently, McDonald's, collaborating with media corporation Fox, has launched the viral campaign for James Cameron's "Avatar". Everyone who had the desire, could create the personal image of Pandora citizen, uploading the picture on promo-site http://avatar.mcdonalds.com/.
Word for word, you could get your own avatar in 'Avatar' style. Also this project wasn't limited to simple 'avatar generator' as one can think. On the site you also could play the game "Pandora quest", in which your avatar should sick for 'the hidden objects in the jungles'. The first lever is free to play, but if you want to proceed on the second one, you should have a code, which can be gotten in McDonald's.

Of course 3D image has very poor mimicry, but it can be inserted on personal pages and blogs, what actually other people like a lot.


That's my own avatar 8D

Thanks to 829miyappichu I found out about the side project with Tatsuro on vocal 8D He is so awesome live.



check this site to hear the song sample. Very good one!
http://jp.myspace.com/karasuofficial

TOUR09 X-RAYS OF SCREW and ANAPHYLAXIS DVD preview


TOUR09 X-RAYS OF SCREW and ANAPHYLAXIS

[CD]
01. DEADLY SILENCE
02. ANAPHYLAXIS (new song)
03. VANQUISH
04. END IN TRAGEDY
05. VAIN HOPE
06. CELESTIAL BLISS
07. VEGAS
08. REND:LOOP
09. THICK-SKINNED†CONTRADICTION
[DVD]
TOUR09 X-RAYS OF SCREW『THE FINAL』live + Finland live + 7PVs (total 120mins)

more details:http://www.indie-psc.com/screw/top.html

I'm selling off my whole SCREW collection >_<

Please check them out!


Since I've got quite a few sales and auction entries, I decided to just gather them up in a post @_@;

Please check them out!
Lots of them are really cheap >_<


【 SALES 】

・MUSIQ? vol.10 + SHOCKwave no.6
・alice nine. RAINBOWS CDs (all 3 versions)
・4 SHOXX magazines [vol.195 (May 2009← black Nightmare cover), 192 (February 2009← alice nine. cover), 184 (June 2008← Nightmare sitting) and 182 (April 2008← AnCafe cover)]
・FOOL'S MATE vol.322 (August 2008)
・Neo Genesis vol. 20, 22, 30
・Kanon Wakeshima 「still doll」 (First Press)

【AUCTIONS】

* All auctions end on Friday 1st January, 12am Japan time

・SCREW 「Gather Roses」 Jishuban Club poster
・SCREW 「Gather Roses」 First press Type B edition from Jishuban Club with extra trading card and jacket
・SCREW 「Gather Roses」 First press Type A edition from Jishuban Club with extra trading card and jacket
・SCREW 「Gather Roses」 Jishuban Club comment DVD + bonus Byou trading card
・SCREW 「Racial Mixture」 BRAND X comment DVD
・SCREW 「Wailing Wall」 Limited edition & Jishuban Club comment DVD

Наконец-то мои руки дошли до отчета о корпоративной вечеринке, которая состоялась 25 декабря. Сразу спешу отметить, что в этом году уровень организации был куда выше, чем в прошлом, за что "большое спасибо" нашей Юльке.
В общем, все получилось очень душевно и весело. Вечер сопровождался веселыми, заводными танцами, играми и номинациями года. Прошу заметить, в офисной номинации "Мисс звездочет 2009" победила ваша покорная слуга, чем очень горжусь :P В подарок я получила именную вилку! А это вам "не цацки-пецки", все очень серьезно :P
Еще немного о подарках. Кроме того, один "анонимный" сотрудник подарил мне ДВД с романтической французской комедией. Скажу честно, я не смотрю подобные фильмы, но намек я поняла :P Хватит с меня фильмов ужасов и триллеров, да? 8В

А это наша Оля рисует волшебные узоры на теле. Желающих получить оригинальный рисунок было много. Для людей, далеких от восточных традиций как я, мехенди может стать прекрасной перманентной татуировкой.
Хотя более искушенные "востоковеды" убедительно просят не называть это искусство боди-артом, которое по сути им является(ИМХО). Вот именно товарищи, искусство.
Мехенди, или роспись хной, это древняя традиция, которая получила широкое распространение в Индии.
Сегодня, это искусство все еще используется в ритуальных и религиозных церемониях в Индии, но также получило признание во многих странах мира как искусство росписи на теле. Это своего рода "оберег", который приносит счастье и защищает от неудач. В последнее время, мехенди стала очень популярным трендом у нас в Украине. Добралась это "напасть" и до нашего офиса, как видите.

Can some one please tell me is there a "making of gather rose" in their Gather Rose type A? i know there's 2 songs and the pv of im not sure if there's a making of or not? please someone tell me.