Sat, 05 Jul 2008
19:21
All you who say "Microsoft" instead of "Microsoft representatives"?
You're lazy and stupid.
All you who say "government" instead of "government representatives"?
You're lazy and stupid.
Stop referring to entities that do not exist.
That is all.
Your stupid minds
00:15
It's fifteen years later.
Future Vision
Thu, 03 Jul 2008
15:55
Andrew Tridgell's classic account of How Samba Was Written via the "French Cafe technique".
What's the big deal about SVG? Firefox 3 users can get a taste.
Two Unrelated (Data) Points
15:55
Penguin Pete: You Can Hack an OS, But You Can't Hack People.
Seven part series. Very recommended, along with everything else on the site.
The Tragedy of Linux
15:55
Mark D says it's a good thing.
Blosxom sucks
Mon, 30 Jun 2008
03:53
"I was taken out of context" followed by "Then what did you really mean" hardly ever results in actual clarification. Here is no exception.
Hands off - this is private property
02:59
More specifically, Blosxom with tags. I haven't tweaked the technical side of things here in ages. If I do, this should be one of the first.
On slimming down: Have been exploring more Linux/etc distributions geared toward providing power in a small, sleek package. PCFluxbox, derived from PCLinuxOS, has potential but has crashed at two different points on two different machines during boot/install -- a shame, as its successful users seem very appreciative. LXDE is still on the 'to try' list, as are PUD (LXDE Edition) and CrunchBang Linux. (For even more specialized tasks, there's the free NAS OpenFiler; and for ready to use Asterisk and more, Elastix.)
Also following K Mandla after reading application recommendations; Linux Mint Blog though I haven't yet tried it (another "Ubuntu killer" reputation-wise); Splashtop Blog and being quite pleased to hear that not only will Asus be incorporating this Linux BIOS in every one of their motherboards, not just the higher-end models, but will also begin including it in some of their notebooks. More Mini-ITX news, and if that wasn't enough, even if I don't get in on the alpha it's exciting to learn about Boxee, taking Xbox Media Center to new places and heights. First in the comments here, one of the guys from Neuros hooks up with the Boxee folks, then this 5-minute presentation with Q and A overwhelmingly takes first place as people's favorite.
Exciting times, if turbulent.
Want: Asus motherboard with Splashtop/other Coreboot style goodies, to boot OS in under 30 seconds; then 8Gb solid state disk for a lightning-fast home directory that can still fit on one dual layer DVD backup. All other data on external drives and/or network storage. Works for desktops or portables.
Long-term because so many other things take priority: Still have the Speedstream 5861 ADSL router we used for years at the office until it died. I determined it was a fraction too small to contain a then-current Mini-ITX motherboard, but I'm glad I held onto it because the latest models are less than 7 inches square. Would be a fun retrofit to turn into a "real" router, non-highdef media player, lightweight workstation as described above -- just add 16Gb solid state disk for enough room to dual boot Windows and Linux. (Next step -- getting Coreboot on these mini motherboards, and more mobile devices and ultraportables...)
More advanced than I know what to do with but I pick as much low-hanging fruit as I can: Git Magic. Along with Linus' original Google presentation on Git.
Tags
Thu, 24 Apr 2008
21:35
First they bend over for the lawyers.
Then they remove useful information -- which after a shitstorm of complaint, and the development of a third party workaround, they grudgingly added back in a half-assed implementation that wastes screenspace. All while mouthing platitudes about how "some people are never satisfied", "some people will complain about anything", and "everyone's preferences are different" (talk about failing to see the point).
Then they change the simple, unobtrusive "user is typing" indicator to an obnoxious text spam. In your face, in your way.
And most recently, in a yet-again example of "my way or the highway", they determine that you, the user, have no real need to resize your text entry area, just an irrational "preference" that in their opinion, you have no real "need" for. After the expected outbreak of butthurt, the final straw tipping point is reached, and a response given:
Also: Double middle finger to these twats for trying to erase history. Deleting the older source and packages? Stupid, stupid rat creatures. It only makes you look worse.
PS: Even before the name change, the writing was on the wall.
Screw it. I'm going back to Bitlbee.
One Step Closer to MS-DOS Communism
Thu, 27 Dec 2007
05:07
Legally known as "Cece".
Remember four years ago -- just like now, right around Christmas -- when you assaulted my wife from behind, as she was walking away? Then whined and lied through your teeth about how you felt "threatened" and you were "defending yourself"? And she lost her job, while you got to keep yours?
Yeah. I remember, too.
Unlike my wife, I'm not a nice person. She'll smile and swallow your shit until the end of time, just to avoid rocking the boat. But when someone pisses on me, I don't call it rain.
And I heard all about your latest trick. How Kim -- out of the goodness of her heart, and despite the fact that she was sick -- volunteered to help her mother organize and set up the post office Christmas dinner. How everyone was so glad to see her, most of them having known her since she was a kid. But you -- who don't even bother to attend these social events in the workplace -- the second you found out Kim was there, you went straight to the manager that doesn't like her mom, who told her she had to leave. In the middle of a snowstorm. And find her own ride home.
It must have really chapped your ass when someone gave her a ride, and refused to punch out to do it.
That you have the audacity to proclaim yourself a Christian woman is beyond laughable -- it beggars the imagination that the heavens don't open at such a statement and rain bolts of lightning upon you. You are no Christian. You are a coward, a liar, and a shitheel; a pustulent sore on the anus of the human race.
You are beneath contempt. You have no class, and you have no soul.
I'm sure the moment you read this, you'll go whining to someone about how it makes you feel "threatened". Rest assured -- I wouldn't sully the back of my hand with your ugly face. Hell, I wouldn't piss down your throat if you were dying of thirst. And a restraining order against me would be extremely amusing, considering that I never want to be within a country mile of someone so utterly vile and reprehensible as you.
But you've fucked with the woman I love for the last time, and I put you on notice: You will reap the consequences of your actions. That's not a threat -- it's a promise. Because it doesn't take a Nostradamus to see that someday, you'll fuck with someone who doesn't have my sense of self-restraint. Someone who doesn't consider you beneath their contempt, who will give you precisely what you deserve.
You want to try me? Bring it on. I'm not afraid of you, or your lies.
Because they're all you've got.
Rot in hell, fuck off, and die.
Hey, cunt
Sat, 03 Nov 2007
15:50
Me: Because everyone loves lesbians.
Me: Even cold, power-hungry, commie lizard queen lesbians.
Exchange in IM
Friend: You realize that Hillary's revelation as a carpet muncher will cinch her nomination and win her the Oval Office?
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15:27
Confirmed by anecdote
By far the most disgusting individual -- thank God I have never met him but boat crews do talk and I have had the lousy luck to be anchored next to him on the Riviera -- is Larry Ellison of Oracle fame, an unpleasant sociopath who has found the only sport where you can become a hero while others do the competing, the America's Cup. Unlike Ted Turner who won the Cup back in the early eighties by skippering his boat, Ellison is on board as ballast.
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Fri, 02 Nov 2007
13:24
What's Wrong With Music
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Tue, 09 Oct 2007
18:13
Public enemy number one
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Thu, 17 May 2007
15:38
"Gaim is now Pidgin"? Are you fucking kidding me? The more people knuckle under to these bastards, the more they get away with.
In the spirit of contribution, I suggest PING: Pidgin Is Not Gaim.
"No way! Why should I change? He's the one who sucks!"
Like we needed another reason to kill lawyers
"Well, why don't you just go by Mike instead of Michael?"
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Thu, 03 May 2007
18:13
Campus killer thinks guns should be eliminated. 'Cause, y'know, he wasn't responsible and he can't control himself.
Pull the other one
"Leave it up to a murderer to propose disarming the rest of society. Would you take his advice?"
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Fri, 20 Apr 2007
17:53
Never Again, Again
Thu, 19 Apr 2007
15:21
Never Again
Thu, 01 Mar 2007
15:43
Hey look, everyone! It's Jimmy Wales! The Objectivists value truth and integrity above all else, right?
So, Jimmy Wales thinks that using a pseudonym is the exact same thing as claiming credentials one does not have?
WHAT A COMPLETE FUCKING FOOL.
Talk all you want. Don't mean a thing.
Best get walkin', son.
Apples and Oranges
Mon, 19 Feb 2007
14:17
More on the growing raw milk crackdown. As seen on FreeRepublic:
Silly Freeper. Amish don't vote. So from a political perspective, nobody
cares what they think.
(And to think there are people who believe this problem could be solved, if the
farmers, co-ops and milk drinkers were to engage in some elaborate charade of not
actually "buying" and "selling" milk, but forming the pretext of "cow shares" where
the milk drinkers are merely paying farmers to keep the cow on their property... No, it's all rubbish, and anyone with any sense or knowledge of history
already knows why.. If government officials can get away with claiming that a farmer growing wheat on his own property, to feed his own animals, is "interstate commerce"; then anything and everything, including the infamous ham sandwich, can be declared such.)
The power to destroy
Apparently the Feds are not afraid of upsetting the Amish street. Wonder how
this would play out if they were Muslims?
Sun, 18 Feb 2007
16:00
Roger von Bakel takes Jim Henley to task:
Should we be OK with that, with any of that, or even just turn a blind eye to
it? Should we consult the chapter in our Political Correctness Handbook which
teaches that all cultures are morally equivalent, then acquiesce and nod
politely because within those countries' cultural and legal frameworks,
legalized brutality is par for the course?
Because sometimes, the horses NEED to be frightened
Stoning adulterers is not justice in any third-millennium, human sense of the
word. Honor killings of young women (with the authorities looking the other
way) don't amount to justice either. Nor do the executions of gay people; the
clitorectomies performed on writhing, screaming young girls; the insistence
that women must not drive cars and may not wear anything other than a burqa in
public; the state-sanctioned persecutions of former Muslims who've converted to
Christianity; the crackdown on dissent in places like Egypt and Algeria, where
bloggers and journalists face police beatings and jail time if they don't toe
the Islamic line. And on and on...
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