…fools are also inconsistent, and also foolish.
“The world might be less stressful if the president of the most powerful nation didn’t so frequently convey the impression that he has no idea what’s going on.”
February 2007Monthly Archives
links for 2007-02-21
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yay!!! better than the awful default things:)
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this is a clear explanation of something that confuses many people:)
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Le sigh. Ranting idiot, anyone?
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In an attempt to boost its sagging fortunes, Dell, one of the leading PC makers in America, recently launched the Dell Idea Storm website to solicit ideas on how to get Dell back to the top. The most popular idea so far? Desktops with pre-installed Linux
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A recent Gallup poll reveals that Americans are much more likely to elect a black man or a woman president than a Mormon or an old man. More interestingly, they’d rather be governed by a homosexual than an atheist. Glad some prejudices are going, but…
By “guts” I mean…
…grace under pressure.
How do you respond to a large American Star Basketballer making incredibly himophobic comments?
With incredible grace and dignity (and a HUGE sense of humour)!!!!
George Takei answer to Tim Hardaway
Man, I want to watch old Star Trek eps just to admire George again:)
Yesterday upon the stair…
…I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
How I wish he’d go away.
The Dragon In My Garage is an essay by Carl Sagan about the nature of faith and belief versus actual evidence – and demonstrates why we atheists find the whole ‘trust me, there is a god, have faith’ routine just doesn’t work.
Your belief/faith is your own, I just see no reason to believe in your dragon, ok?
links for 2007-02-20
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Wonderful list – lots here I hadnt used.
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Has someone invented a Plasma Converter that can turn the world’s most dangerous and toxic waste into clean usable energy? Its a holy grail of ecology…..
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So funny…
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theres a reason i stay barefoot:)
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This is amazing. And poignant, piercingly so, to me. Miss you, Tamsyn, Allira, Caitlyn. Play well, love you always.
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How to rip a DVD using mencoder
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Using Ferret (High performance text search engine lib) with RoR.
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“The bottom line is that faculty of Rhode Island University gave a Ph.D. degree in geology to someone they knew to be a “scientist” who believed that the Earth is only 10,000 years old.”
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oldly predicted : Within five years, solar power will be cheap enough to compete with carbon-generated electricity. In a decade, the cost may have fallen so dramatically that solar cells could undercut fossil/nuclear fuels. One can only hope this is so.
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“Does your office environment get you down? Then you might want to consider working with Tom Hicks. A vice president at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), which awards ratings to buildings that achieve environmentally friendly targets.”
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Gadgets, gadgets. Not MY idea of camping, which is about reduction of weight and effciency of the little you take. Trangia stove and Hennessy Hammock for example:)
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From Yahoo :”Here’s our list of Vista features that just make us wonder, “What were they thinking?”"
links for 2007-02-19
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This guy knew his stuff:)
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Oh, these are fun!
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This article shows how you can convert a physical Windows system (XP, 2003, 2000, NT4 SP4+) into a VMware virtual machine with the free VMware Converter Starter. The resulting virtual machine can be run in the free VMware Player and VMware Server, & more.
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a book for free – as in speech:)
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It’s called slipstreaming—the mystical art of creating an up-to-the-minute Windows XP setup CD with all the latest patches preinstalled, so you won’t have to spend half your life on Microsoft’s Windows Update web site. And all your drivers!
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THE SHY and retiring, softly-spoken CEO of Microsoft, Steve “Sounds of Silence” Ballmer is blaming software pirates for Vista’s poor sales. Wrth it fo rthe description of Ballmer alone. ‘Shy and retiring’. Howls of derisive laughter, bruce!
links for 2007-02-18
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an oldie but a goodie in the funny stakes:)
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As if it weren’t provocative enough to hold a debate on religion in America, panelists in a recent debate were tasked with answering the following: “Is America Too Damn Religious?” Good to see these questions being asked.
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well, dont expect to see the iphone here in oz anytime soon!!!
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wel, i would argue for citizen kane, and the great dictator, where charlie chaplin mocks hitler – the sad prescience…..special effects are not all that is required ot make a movie ahead of its time, you know.
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OpenCola is a brand of cola unique in that the instructions for making it are freely available and modifiable. Anybody can make the drink, and anyone can modify and improve on the recipe as long as they, too, license their recipe under the GNU GPL.
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Even more reason to loathe the Novell sellout to Microsoft. I won’t speak for teh rest of the FOSS cmmunity, but from me, personally, thanks for the sour persimmons, novell. Hope you have NO success form now on.
In giving rights to others which belong to them…
…we give rights to ourselves and to our country.
Digital Rights Management is a huge issue, but one thats hard to explain to anyone – say, like Dear Old Dad (trust me, this I know). So, This is a great article:
links for 2007-02-17
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eye candy – ubuntu beats vista hands down
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and yes, virginia(darl), there IS a PJ. I have spoken to her by email, and there is definitely one person named PJ. deal with it, sco.
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An interesting discussion on where C now sits in the lexicon of languages.
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A screensaver that allows you to monitor global blog activity in real time – interesting!
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Have you ever wondered how much it’s costing you to leave a computer on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?
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A list of some of the getting things done tools online
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for those into 3d desktops.
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what the title says
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Some bad blood between Linus Torvalds and GNOME developers is flaring up again.
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The popularity of OpenOffice, the open source productivity suite, will be key to the financial success of Novell, said company president and CEO, Ron Hovsepian. Bite my shiny metal ass.
Question with boldness even the existance of God…
…because if there be one, He must approve the homage of Reason rather than that of blindfolded Fear.
