Marx was right about the evils of capitalism but dead wrong about communism. Turns out that communism, at best, is just as evil as capitalism but is often much worse.
Once again we prove the principle, Sunlight is the best disinfection. These guys, the NSA and the big internet companies, were happy to share your data UNTIL the light was shone on them. Then they scattered like cockroaches when you turn the lights on.
Agree, The America my ancestors fled the Pale of Settlement for is dead and gone, the America my wife and I grew up in is dead and gone. America is dead, killed by the greedy fuckers who are running the show. The downward spiral of this country has begun and it's going to get ugly. To my mind the only course of action now is to turn our backs on this malignant society, withdraw our support, and start building a new country.
Several years ago I was working at a network equipment manufacturer in Sunnyvale, Ca. We had 2 monster Spectra Logic tape silos. One worked petty well the other not so much. One was name "Gir" and the other was named "Dib" Gir used to do random things for no apparent reason like wake up, pick a tape and eject it. We would walk into the data center to find a pile of tapes on the floor. Nothing in the logs, no backups running, it just decided it was time to eject a tape. WTF! We had a name plate attached that said "Gir: It's not stupid, it's advanced."
Can't count the number of time the Spectra Logic field engineers were working on this tape silo but could never get it to work right.
You don't need to copyright all combinations, 12 sets of 3. The first, AKA a tonic, a third and a fifth. Like this; C, E, G. You have just copyrighted a C major chord. How many songs use a C major chord? Copyright all major and minor chords and you own most of western music.
Unfortunately, those smart IT people who have spent years in the trenches and understand, in detail, how to build a robust and resistant infrastructure are often overruled by the a CFO who's only qualification is they have an MBA. In many tech companies the group that handles the infrastructure (DNS, email, backups, etc.) reports to the CFO not the CTO. Why is this? After 25 years in the computer field I still have not heard a rational explanation for this idiocy.
my father was friends with a number of Jazz musicians. I remember one of them told me that he had been a smoker and a heroin addict and that he found it easier to stop using heroin than smoking
I did buy Satanic Verses and I did read it. Well, I got about a quarter of the way thought it before decided it was not very good so now it sits in one of the bookcases. As to kicking Salman Rusdie I would nominate Ayn Rand for several good, swift kick for all the trouble her poorly written crap novels expounding an insane philosophy have done. If I have to listen to one more sophomoric idiot ranting and raving about Objectivism I may have to hurt someone.
I think that if Mark Twain were alive today he would be very pleased that one of his works is upsetting people so much that they want to ban and/or censor it.
One of my rules of thumb is if there is a book that people want to ban and/or censor I run right out and buy and read it.
The guy that I love to hate is the serial entrepreneur. Not all of them but one very special strain. This is the guy who is an abusive asshole who once made a boat load of money on one of his ventures. Because he made so much money he sees this as validation of his asshole ways. In his mind that only way to make more money is to continue to be an abusive asshole only he steps it up a few notches. Unfortunately, the Silicon Valley is overrun with these clowns.
I've got QIC-24 tapes that contain COBOL code that I wrote back in 1983. Several months ago I was given an old QIC tape drive and to test it I dumped out this code and compiled it. Looking at this code my first thought was "What was I thinking? This code sucks."
Sorry, someone has already come up with that one. My ex-girlfriend had one as well as a baby jesus butt plug. I guess going to catholic school gave her a few, ummmm, kinks?
This government, I would not call it "ours", has not believed in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights since at least the late 60's. The peak of this country was some time in the early 80's. The downward spiral has begun.
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Marx was right about the evils of capitalism but dead wrong about communism. Turns out that communism, at best, is just as evil as capitalism but is often much worse.
Bringing screaming temporal doom!
Shouldn't you be at your AA meeting?
Once again we prove the principle, Sunlight is the best disinfection. These guys, the NSA and the big internet companies, were happy to share your data UNTIL the light was shone on them. Then they scattered like cockroaches when you turn the lights on.
Agree, The America my ancestors fled the Pale of Settlement for is dead and gone, the America my wife and I grew up in is dead and gone. America is dead, killed by the greedy fuckers who are running the show. The downward spiral of this country has begun and it's going to get ugly. To my mind the only course of action now is to turn our backs on this malignant society, withdraw our support, and start building a new country.
Even the WBC has some standards and morality.
We sent National Geographic out in search for their "standards and morality" but they have found a Unicorn and the fountain of youth....
Truth
Thermite
Can't wait for "Star Wars on Ice"
Never, never, ever speak to any law enforcement unless you have a lawyer present.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
if php is broken what is javascript?
A disaster.
Yeah, lets start by making PHP case sensitive.
Several years ago I was working at a network equipment manufacturer in Sunnyvale, Ca. We had 2 monster Spectra Logic tape silos. One worked petty well the other not so much. One was name "Gir" and the other was named "Dib" Gir used to do random things for no apparent reason like wake up, pick a tape and eject it. We would walk into the data center to find a pile of tapes on the floor. Nothing in the logs, no backups running, it just decided it was time to eject a tape. WTF! We had a name plate attached that said "Gir: It's not stupid, it's advanced."
Can't count the number of time the Spectra Logic field engineers were working on this tape silo but could never get it to work right.
You don't need to copyright all combinations, 12 sets of 3. The first, AKA a tonic, a third and a fifth. Like this; C, E, G. You have just copyrighted a C major chord. How many songs use a C major chord? Copyright all major and minor chords and you own most of western music.
Unfortunately, those smart IT people who have spent years in the trenches and understand, in detail, how to build a robust and resistant infrastructure are often overruled by the a CFO who's only qualification is they have an MBA. In many tech companies the group that handles the infrastructure (DNS, email, backups, etc.) reports to the CFO not the CTO. Why is this? After 25 years in the computer field I still have not heard a rational explanation for this idiocy.
my father was friends with a number of Jazz musicians. I remember one of them told me that he had been a smoker and a heroin addict and that he found it easier to stop using heroin than smoking
Yes but thermite is so much fun to play with.
I did buy Satanic Verses and I did read it. Well, I got about a quarter of the way thought it before decided it was not very good so now it sits in one of the bookcases. As to kicking Salman Rusdie I would nominate Ayn Rand for several good, swift kick for all the trouble her poorly written crap novels expounding an insane philosophy have done. If I have to listen to one more sophomoric idiot ranting and raving about Objectivism I may have to hurt someone.
Sorry, I think I'm a quart low on coffee.
I think that if Mark Twain were alive today he would be very pleased that one of his works is upsetting people so much that they want to ban and/or censor it.
One of my rules of thumb is if there is a book that people want to ban and/or censor I run right out and buy and read it.
The guy that I love to hate is the serial entrepreneur. Not all of them but one very special strain. This is the guy who is an abusive asshole who once made a boat load of money on one of his ventures. Because he made so much money he sees this as validation of his asshole ways. In his mind that only way to make more money is to continue to be an abusive asshole only he steps it up a few notches. Unfortunately, the Silicon Valley is overrun with these clowns.
I've got QIC-24 tapes that contain COBOL code that I wrote back in 1983. Several months ago I was given an old QIC tape drive and to test it I dumped out this code and compiled it. Looking at this code my first thought was "What was I thinking? This code sucks."
Have you ever heard of the Internet and TCP/IP ? Both developed by government funded research.
Excuse me, could you point to the private enterprise that developed TCP/IP ? Oh, right it was a wasteful government grant to those egghead liberals.
a dildo with a crucifix handle
Sorry, someone has already come up with that one. My ex-girlfriend had one as well as a baby jesus butt plug. I guess going to catholic school gave her a few, ummmm, kinks?
This government, I would not call it "ours", has not believed in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights since at least the late 60's. The peak of this country was some time in the early 80's. The downward spiral has begun.