I once attended a course where the instructor noted he'd been sent to sensitivity training because he offended a (female) attendee by referring to "male" and "female" ends of cords. The offered euphamisms were "plug" and "socket."
Beware! Much like "pee" and "poo," we must not let the counterrevolutionaries know that "penii" and "vaginae" exist, lest they start breeding.
I recently transferred my favorite domain to Gandi from NetSol. The experience was easy, so it looks like they'll be getting the rest of my domains as they expire.
However, there's a little bit of wierdness from the NetSol side: I xferred the domain a week ago, and as far as Gandi is concerned, the deal is done. Running $whois omar.org returns a referral to Gandi. Yet NetSol sent me an email today saying the domain could not be transferred because one of the contacts did not respond. WTF? I responded to NetSol's email, but NetSol does not answer email anymore. I declined to use their Web form, choosing instead to assume everything's alright. Anyone else have any experiences like this? I'm trying to decide if I should worry or not!
Right now torrent is claiming a download time of 5 hours. It'll be interesting to see how much faster it gets as the slashdot effect starts coming into play (story is ~1/2 hour old as I post).
Was a guy I worked with at at my former employer. He was fired with a cell phone call as he was driving home from work on Friday. That was incredibly low.
Me, I was ushered out quickly because I made the mistake of actually giving them a heads up since I was a fairly critical employee and was planning on moving to be with my (then-future) wife-- as soon as I could find a job and give proper notice. Turns out they'd already removed my salary from the current FY's books (it's all about the numbers, baby) and needed me to stop drawing it asap. Moral: Keep your fsking mouth shut, no matter how honest you happen to be.
To their credit, they did grant me a reasonable declining retainer, but I don't give them that much credit since lots of the critical knowledge in my head hadn't made it into anyone else's yet.:)
Considering I'm actually an IT professional--I get
"Returnend mail: user unknown" bounces from SPAM labelled as being from my email address (omaratallwrongdotcom) all the time.
While spam is certainly all wrong, I don't appreciate it much... I guess I just haven't unappreciated it enough to get off my lazy butt and do something about it.
Re:The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful.
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Preparing for Isabel?
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· Score: 1
Indeed! Thank you.
The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful...
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Preparing for Isabel?
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· Score: 3, Informative
I live in Norfolk, VA and it looks like Isabel is going to hit us dead on. The present NOAA trajectory guesses have the eye passing more or less right over my house, a few clicks west of downtown Norfolk.
I've got plywood cut to board the windows unless we get some good news in the next couple of days. My main concern is evacuation... i.e., I don't wanna, but it's probably not in my best interest to refuse in the event of a mandatory evacuation like the one ordered today at Ocracoke Island, NC (there is concern there of the only road to the mainland washing out).
The Great Storm of 1933 tracked very close to Isabel's path, and was a smaller storm. The '33 storm flooded downtown Norfolk quite badly, destroyed lots of buildings and piers on the coast, and destroyed many boats and ships. In my native Mathews, that storm deposited fishing boats in the woods and was responsible for separating New Point Comfort Lighthouse from the mainland (I also believe that it separated the Hole in the Wall Beach from the mainland as well).
Wish us luck, and ask your diety or animistic spirit of choice to spare us from excess wrath.
I've seen & skimmed a paper on Cisco's website
on doing a hackish form of multihoming by using two WAN links that are NATted against each other. Googling is left as an exercise to the interested.
Do what I did. Buy your diamond at an antique or
estate jeweler. You can get the ring brand-new elsewhere if you like. I got the whole ring at my local antique and estate jewelery dealer and my fiance said it was "perfect." I don't think I could hope for more than that.
Bullshit. Basic is obviously completely optimised for writing AD&D Character Generators on the Apple ][e platform. I mean, duh, you didn't know that?;)
Domain Registry of America is doing the same thing. I sent rather unfriendly email to a DRA rep who had mailed me (as the admin contact) info on how to xfer my dad's domain from Verisign.
When I wrote to explain that I had never done business with them and this was particularly sneaky spam, the rep responded saying he had received payment! I didn't really figure it out until I got a "renewal notice" on another one of my domains from DRA.
I think that's fantastic. It's wonderful what people can accomplish through negotiation and commerce. I am glad that both parties are willing to renegotiate this deal, rather than simply being hateful to each other.
Why yes, I have travelled, but it was mainly to another rich, Western country, so it probably doesn't count. And BTW, I'm American.
It really, really sucks that sex causes AIDS. That's why it's such a successful disease. But if someone told me, "Having sex, especially outside of a truly monogamous relationship, might kill you," I would at least think seriously about commiting to one person, or to my right hand.
I am aware that breaking this patent is saving -- well, really prolonging -- lives. But you could say the same for so many other things! I could steal all the food out of grocery stores and feed the hungry! I could steal all the drugs out of the drugstore and heal the sick! I could kill drug dealers to keep kids off of drugs, and steal money from my neighbor to fix my pickup truck and pay for school, etc. etc.
I am not being selfish; I have nothing to lose here. Nobody is taking anything from me, so perhaps I should mind my own business. But I am not being selfish by insisting that people (and governments) should not steal things!
I am NOT saying that the Swiss drug companies are not perhaps immoral for demanding a high price from a poor country. But likewise, if I want to buy something or rent something and think the price is unreasonable, that does NOT give me the right to take it -- or you, or your government.
No, I don't think that the Human Genome should be patentable -- it's a priori. It already exists. Patenting it is like patenting the contents of the Rosetta Stone.
On a side note -- if anyone is reading comments this far downstream -- since posting my comment, I have been accused (in addition to your comment), of hating the Jews, of being gratified by the deaths of Brazillians, of actually muduring Brazillians, of being "Right Wing Shit," of being closed-minded, and several other things that have NOTHING TO DO WITH MY POINT.
The moderation of my comment has been flopping around like a steak in a pool of pirhana.
A lot of people who have responded are, IMHO, the most dangerous sort of people -- short on wit, and full of hate.
I'm not necessarily accusing you, Frédéric, I'm just complaining. It's a shame, because I enjoy a good argument.
I would argue that by doing this, you are infringing upon my rights (since you seem to intend for your action to annoy/harm me).
I would also argue that you are a childish idiot, since you see fit to use such tactics since you disagree with me, rather than actually trying to formulate an argument. Are you, perhaps, a scientologist? Maybe your brave and righteous action will prompt someone to find a way to do something really harmful to me -- but that would certainly not prove me wrong!
Anyone who wishes to call, write, or visit may certainly do so! I just hope not in a harassing manner.:)
So if we follow you logic, the jews had no right to ask to live. So refusing them access to a country (as switzerland did) on basis on money was right? If this is the case, this would end a lot of debate around here...
1) This makes no sense. Or perhaps, I cannot follow your leaps of logic. In either case, I think i have said enough on this subject in other posts. Which is good because:
2) I believe this is enough for me to invoke Godwin's Law. This thread is now over.
Slashdot Mirror
Her website is here.
The abstract for her paper is here.
Beware! Much like "pee" and "poo," we must not let the counterrevolutionaries know that "penii" and "vaginae" exist, lest they start breeding.
However, there's a little bit of wierdness from the NetSol side: I xferred the domain a week ago, and as far as Gandi is concerned, the deal is done. Running $whois omar.org returns a referral to Gandi. Yet NetSol sent me an email today saying the domain could not be transferred because one of the contacts did not respond. WTF? I responded to NetSol's email, but NetSol does not answer email anymore. I declined to use their Web form, choosing instead to assume everything's alright. Anyone else have any experiences like this? I'm trying to decide if I should worry or not!
I just re-checked and mine was finished and uploading at >150kB/sec.
... For a moment I thought this was some kind of l337 speak. Whew.
1hr33min at this time
-O
Right now torrent is claiming a download time of 5 hours. It'll be interesting to see how much faster it gets as the slashdot effect starts coming into play (story is ~1/2 hour old as I post).
A USB Massage Ball sounds pretty dang-dingitty close to a teledildonic. A good STD-free way to share your goofiness! Next: a USB massage, er, tube?
Me, I was ushered out quickly because I made the mistake of actually giving them a heads up since I was a fairly critical employee and was planning on moving to be with my (then-future) wife-- as soon as I could find a job and give proper notice. Turns out they'd already removed my salary from the current FY's books (it's all about the numbers, baby) and needed me to stop drawing it asap. Moral: Keep your fsking mouth shut, no matter how honest you happen to be.
To their credit, they did grant me a reasonable declining retainer, but I don't give them that much credit since lots of the critical knowledge in my head hadn't made it into anyone else's yet. :)
While spam is certainly all wrong, I don't appreciate it much... I guess I just haven't unappreciated it enough to get off my lazy butt and do something about it.
Indeed! Thank you.
I live in Norfolk, VA and it looks like Isabel is going to hit us dead on. The present NOAA trajectory guesses have the eye passing more or less right over my house, a few clicks west of downtown Norfolk.
Checking on Weather.com today I was struck by some ironic use of advertising (note pink arrow).
I've got plywood cut to board the windows unless we get some good news in the next couple of days. My main concern is evacuation... i.e., I don't wanna, but it's probably not in my best interest to refuse in the event of a mandatory evacuation like the one ordered today at Ocracoke Island, NC (there is concern there of the only road to the mainland washing out).
The Great Storm of 1933 tracked very close to Isabel's path, and was a smaller storm. The '33 storm flooded downtown Norfolk quite badly, destroyed lots of buildings and piers on the coast, and destroyed many boats and ships. In my native Mathews, that storm deposited fishing boats in the woods and was responsible for separating New Point Comfort Lighthouse from the mainland (I also believe that it separated the Hole in the Wall Beach from the mainland as well).
Wish us luck, and ask your diety or animistic spirit of choice to spare us from excess wrath.
How can a person be held accountable for the actions of others, especially when there is no proof of who did what?
I'm not sure. Perhaps you should ask the people that crafted the RAVE Act.
-Omar
I've seen & skimmed a paper on Cisco's website on doing a hackish form of multihoming by using two WAN links that are NATted against each other. Googling is left as an exercise to the interested.
Do what I did. Buy your diamond at an antique or estate jeweler. You can get the ring brand-new elsewhere if you like. I got the whole ring at my local antique and estate jewelery dealer and my fiance said it was "perfect." I don't think I could hope for more than that.
-Omar@poke
Domain Registry of America is doing the same thing. I sent rather unfriendly email to a DRA rep who had mailed me (as the admin contact) info on how to xfer my dad's domain from Verisign.
When I wrote to explain that I had never done business with them and this was particularly sneaky spam, the rep responded saying he had received payment! I didn't really figure it out until I got a "renewal notice" on another one of my domains from DRA.
Deceptive.
-Omar
"Good is our Linux distribution! Powerful it is!"
Thanks for the update, Yoda.
Why do the stars look like multicolored Christmas tree lights? Is that a function of different spectrum shifts of X-rays, or is it just for "fun?"
-Omar
I read this as,
"The only way to beat bullets is to stand up to them."
and thought, ummmm, "No."
-Omar
-Omar
It really, really sucks that sex causes AIDS. That's why it's such a successful disease. But if someone told me, "Having sex, especially outside of a truly monogamous relationship, might kill you," I would at least think seriously about commiting to one person, or to my right hand.
I am aware that breaking this patent is saving -- well, really prolonging -- lives. But you could say the same for so many other things! I could steal all the food out of grocery stores and feed the hungry! I could steal all the drugs out of the drugstore and heal the sick! I could kill drug dealers to keep kids off of drugs, and steal money from my neighbor to fix my pickup truck and pay for school, etc. etc.
I am not being selfish; I have nothing to lose here. Nobody is taking anything from me, so perhaps I should mind my own business. But I am not being selfish by insisting that people (and governments) should not steal things!
I am NOT saying that the Swiss drug companies are not perhaps immoral for demanding a high price from a poor country. But likewise, if I want to buy something or rent something and think the price is unreasonable, that does NOT give me the right to take it -- or you, or your government.
-Omar
On a side note -- if anyone is reading comments this far downstream -- since posting my comment, I have been accused (in addition to your comment), of hating the Jews, of being gratified by the deaths of Brazillians, of actually muduring Brazillians, of being "Right Wing Shit," of being closed-minded, and several other things that have NOTHING TO DO WITH MY POINT.
The moderation of my comment has been flopping around like a steak in a pool of pirhana.
A lot of people who have responded are, IMHO, the most dangerous sort of people -- short on wit, and full of hate.
I'm not necessarily accusing you, Frédéric, I'm just complaining. It's a shame, because I enjoy a good argument.
-Omar
I would also argue that you are a childish idiot, since you see fit to use such tactics since you disagree with me, rather than actually trying to formulate an argument. Are you, perhaps, a scientologist? Maybe your brave and righteous action will prompt someone to find a way to do something really harmful to me -- but that would certainly not prove me wrong!
Anyone who wishes to call, write, or visit may certainly do so! I just hope not in a harassing manner. :)
-Omar, PS: good job decoding my .sig.
1) This makes no sense. Or perhaps, I cannot follow your leaps of logic. In either case, I think i have said enough on this subject in other posts. Which is good because:
2) I believe this is enough for me to invoke Godwin's Law. This thread is now over.
-Omar
Don't let's get into any discussions about the Constitutionality of the non-volunteer army, ok? I won't if you won't.
-Omar