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Anarchy / Caption this!« on: February 01, 2006, 10:22:14 PM »
We need a new one of these.
Here's the image of choice: Go to it. 103
Hardware, Software, and Other Imperialist Crap / Going portable« on: January 05, 2006, 08:37:10 PM »
All right, geeks, listen up.
You have portable USB flash drives. If you don't, you should. Ferfucksake, people, they're cheap enough now. Take that USB drive and have some fun with it. Don't just use it to store miscellaneous crap on it. Okay, that's in part what I do, but there are other options. Install portable applications like Firefox and OpenOffice.org. Hell. On my 512mb USB thumb drive, I have room for both of those AND the latest version of Damn Small Linux. What can be better than carrying an open source browser, a fully-functional open source office suite, AND a pretty slick open-source operating system all on something smaller than a pack of gum? What can be geekier? As a qualified geek among geeks, I say "go forth and do this, yea, verily. Your geekitude shall be fruitful and spread among your brethren and all shall be well." 104
Political Opinions / It's about damned time« on: September 21, 2005, 10:44:09 AM »
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From the article: Quote The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether gasoline price profiteering has occurred and if oil companies have constrained refinery capacity to manipulate fuel prices, an agency official said Wednesday. Ferfucksake, you guys... you needed legislation that specific before you could investigate these jackasses for price fixing? It's pretty much common knowledge that they intentionally restrict refining capacity at key times of the year so they can jack prices up. Why do you think every year for the past four years or so has seen "record profits" for them? The thing is, FTC investigation or no, I will believe it when I see it. With the current fox watching the henhouse, and the kind of abuse of executive power we've been seeing since that fox took office, any "unlawful conduct" will just as likely get shuffled right under the rug before it results in any prosecution. 105
Hardware, Software, and Other Imperialist Crap / I want« on: August 12, 2005, 04:07:43 PM »
I want to get one of these.
The only thing I'm concerned about is that it seems to have Windows keys on it. I hate those. I bought my current keyboard because it's a quality keyboard, but also because it's one of the only decent ones I could find that DIDN'T have those stupid Windows keys. I'm always bumping the goddamned things when I use a keyboard that has them. I wonder if the Das Keyboard people make Windows key-less models? 106
Anarchy / Lake Geneva« on: August 03, 2005, 04:18:17 PM »
For the tabletop RPG gamers that hang around here, I figured I'd post a link to my photo album where I put the pics from last weekend.
OMG CLACK HEAR Long trip. Well worth it. 108
Anarchy / We need more of the caption threads« on: June 23, 2005, 08:32:55 AM »
OMG this picture is so gay....
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Anarchy / Stupid FedEx« on: March 12, 2005, 12:34:00 PM »
<rant>
So I ordered a computer tower with a power supply, as well as a hard drive and a froppy drive from Geeks.com and because their shipping option gave me an estimated delivery date of Friday, I put my work address as the ship-to. So Thursday, I go to track the package on FedEx's website, and see that they changed the delivery date to Saturday. Confused, I call FedEx and ask them why. They tell me "oh, because we're more likely to reach people at home on Saturdays. We scheduled a Saturday delivery for your convenience." I say "it would be convenient for me if you were to just deliver it on Friday, because that address is my work address. I won't be at work on Saturday, I'll be at home." They then proceed to tell me that it's too late now to schedule a Friday delivery, so it'll have to be Saturday. I ask them to change the ship-to then, so that they deliver it to my HOME address Saturday, and they inform me that I have to have Geeks.com do that. So I call Geeks.com and have them call FedEx and tell them to change the ship-to to my home address, which they do. I call FedEx back and verify that the ship-to was changed to my home address, and that delivery was still scheduled for Saturday, everything's fine. So today I'm waiting for my package at home, and I figure I'd go track it to see what the status is. On FedEx's site, they now list the package as "on FedEx vehicle for delivery", but for some reason the "Estimated Delivery Date" is now listed as Tuesday next week. Grrrrrrr.... So I call FedEx again, go through their stupid voice activated phone menu system again, and finally reach a real person and ask why it takes three fricking days for the FedEx delivery vehicle in St Cloud, MN to get to my house when I can easily do it in 20 minutes or less. FedEx Guy: Well the delivery date was rescheduled for Tuesday next week because there was nobody at the delivery address when delivery was attempted. Me: That's funny. I've been here all day so far and nobody's rung my bell or knocked on my door. FedEx: Delivery was attempted at 9:00 am. Me: At 9:00 this morning I was in my kitchen making coffee. Nobody attempted delivery then. FedEx: At this address? <reads off my work address> Me: No. That's my work address. I'm at home. I'm not at work on Saturdays. That's why I had the vendor change the ship-to on this package to <my home address>. FedEx: Oh. Me: Why did the driver attempt delivery at my work address? FedEx: We thought the new address was a business, so we tried delivering to the original address first because it was Saturday, and we're more likely to reach people at home on Saturdays. Me: (Trying hard to keep calm) No, that's my work address. You people changed my delivery date to a Saturday, so I had to change the ship-to to accommodate that. Now it's Saturday, I have given you the correct delivery address, and you idiots change your gameplan again and go back to the original address? FedEx: Well we were trying to do this for your convenience. Me: What would have been CONVENIENT for me is if you people had delivered the package TO THE ADDRESS I ORIGINALLY GAVE THE VENDOR on the day you originally scheduled! Instead, you tried to anticipate, and now you've screwed it up to the point where I'm not going to get it at all until TUESDAY? FedEx: Well all the drivers are gone now... I can have it delivered to your work address on Monday... will that work? Me: No. You will deliver my package to my home address, and you will do it today. FedEx: I might be able to swing that... but it'll be after 5:00. Me: If you tell me it's going to be after 5:00, then I'm going to come down there to pick it up myself. That will take me 20 minutes. FedEx: Well that might work too. Me: You don't want me to do that. Don't make me come down there. FedEx: How's 2:00? Me: 2:00 is fine. You mean today still, right? FedEx: Right. Me: That's just fine. Bunch of fuckups. Next time I'm going UPS. 110
Anarchy / The soupbandit23 wake« on: February 04, 2005, 05:40:03 PM »
*lays wreath down in front of soupbandit23's coffin*
We'll miss you, soupy. Your trial was fun. 112
Hardware, Software, and Other Imperialist Crap / Speed up Firefox« on: December 29, 2004, 10:04:19 PM »
Kryzec shared this little gem with me earlier today.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1299854/posts 113
Political Opinions / I hope the US government learns something from this« on: December 16, 2004, 09:28:29 AM »
British gov't loses key case over terror suspects' detention
Quote Britain's government suffered a major blow to its security policy as the country's highest court of appeal ruled that the indefinite detention without trial of foreign terrorism suspects was illegal. You know, it's not just the "slippery slope" bit that concerns me about all the various "enemy combatant" detainees the US is holding. I mean, yes, it bothers me that they are so willing to throw due process AND the Geneva Convention out the window. But that's not what bothers me the most. What concerns me most is the fact that most of these detainees ARE terrorists. Many of them trained at camps run by Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. They learned how to do things like take hostages, build bombs, plan and execute schemes to kill as many civilians as they possibly could. These are truly terrible people, when it comes down to it. And because their rights are not being acknowledged in their detention without counsel, without being charged, without being able to have access to any evidence the government has against them, without being able to do anything, effectively, to help their own defense, sooner or later, they are going to be set loose. That's the reason why we have due process in place. It's not just to ensure that everyone is treated equally... I mean, that's the main goal, but it also means that if due process is followed to the letter and rights are respected, scum of the earth don't get set free on technicalities. 114
Anarchy / What the heck is this?« on: December 11, 2004, 02:25:49 PM »
I was doing a google search for something and I happened to run across this thing.
Any ideas on Weird Tingly Feeling it is? http://www.blogshares.com/view_press_releases.php?blog=http://www.hackernetwork.com/ 115
Political Opinions / I hate emails like this one« on: December 09, 2004, 09:58:28 AM »
And I figured it was about time I started responding to them.
I just received the below email this morning at work: Quote > Will we still be the Country of choice and still be America if we I felt the need to respond to it, like so: Quote Not really. In fact, I'd like to respond to it, point by point, just to be clear. </rant> 116
Hardware, Software, and Other Imperialist Crap / Lycoris« on: December 02, 2004, 10:34:09 AM »
The little tour of Lycoris intrigues me with what they've been doing.
Not that I'm interested in buying it or anything, but have any of you used Lycoris Linux? Wal-Mart sells cheap PCs with Lycoris pre-installed on them. I'm tempted to pick one up just to see what they can do. Worst case scenario has me throwing Slackware on the cheap POS and using it as a file server, I figure. 118
Hardware, Software, and Other Imperialist Crap / Extension problems in Firefox?« on: November 16, 2004, 11:37:04 AM »
For those of you who use Firefox, you may have some problems with some extensions if you upgrade to the latest release.
I have tweaked a few that I use to work with the new version (the 1.0 full release that came out last week or so) and put them up on my web hosting. The ones I've got that work are as follows:
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Anarchy / Some preliminary Halloween pics« on: November 04, 2004, 12:21:39 PM »
I still haven't gotten the ones off of our camera yet, but here are some that one of our guests took and sent me.
I'll post more as I get them... some of them turned out pretty good. My brother-in-law. He was the pirate from the joke that goes: "A pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel in his pants. The bartender looks at him and says 'Hey, isn't that kind of uncomfortable?' The pirate replies, 'Arrrr! It's drivin' me nuts!'" Here's my brother-in-law engaged in a fight with the other pirate at my party, my friend Josh. Josh again, showing us what real pirates drink. Here's me in my Ruprecht getup, and my wife, who is dressed as Zoot/Dingo from "Monty Python And The Holy Grail". Ruprecht and Zoot/Dingo again: This is my gaming crew, plus my sister. 120
Anarchy / Hey, are any of you unable to get to this forum?« on: October 15, 2004, 11:29:56 AM »
I know, I'm just being funny.
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Anarchy / Have I mentioned that my ISP sucks?« on: October 12, 2004, 08:57:31 AM »
I'm having what is quite clearly a DNS problem lately, and, seeing as how it's now been going on for several days, I finally forced myself to call my wretched ISP to find out how much longer this will be going on or if they had any alternates for me to use.
And of course they were their usual helpful selves. Her: Thank you for calling <isp> customer service, how can I help you? Me: Yeah, I was wondering when the DNS problems that are going on will be sorted out? Her: DNS problems? Me: Yes. Since Friday night, we've been having DNS issues, and I was wondering if you could either give me a timeframe for when they'll be working normally again, or if you could give me an alternative DNS to try. Her: If you are experiencing a slowdown in your internet connection, the best thing to do is to refresh your modem. Can you do that now? Me: I rebooted my modem twice. Since that's the only thing you guys ever tell us to do, that's something I do well before I ever call you. Her: Well we are not aware of any DNS problems; if you refresh your modem I'm sure that will take care of the issue. Me: I already did. The problem is still there. Her: Well you should do it now. Me: I'm not at home right now. I don't NEED to "refresh" my modem. That's not the problem. I just need an alternet DNS. Her: We don't have any others, and the ones we have are working fine. Me: No they aren't. Her: Yes they are. Me: Look, do you think I'd subject myself to you guys' ridiculously inept support if I wasn't having any problems? There is a problem with your domain name server and I'd like it either fixed, or substituted. Her: Well nobody has reported any DNS issues. Me: I AM REPORTING ONE NOW. Her: Uh.... what, exactly, is the problem then? Me: I type the URL to a website... ANY website... and I immediately get a "server could not be found" message. BUT, if I type in the IP address instead of the domain name, the site loads fine. Her: What browser are you using, sir? Me: I'm using Firefox at home-- wait, what does THAT have to do with anything? This isn't a browser issue-- Her: We only support Internet Explorer. Me: THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY BROWSER. This is a DNS problem. Do you know what a DNS problem is? Her: No, sir. Me: Can I talk to someone there that DOES know what I'm talking about, please? Her: There isn't anyone else-- Me: Yeah, I know. I've tried getting information out of you people before, and it's nearly impossible. Look, my number where I'm at right now is <work number>. Have someone that knows what I'm talking about call me back so I can get some answers. Her: Okay. I'll have someone get back to you. [TRANSLATION: "If you call and bitch two or three more times, we might have someone call you back, otherwise, don't hold your breath."] 122
Anarchy / TOMATOATSE (SFW)« on: September 30, 2004, 10:24:38 AM »
I had to take some pictures of this tomato I pulled from my garden the other day.
Photoshopping of it is welcomed. Keep it SFW though, please. 123
Political Opinions / The rise of fascism in Germany in the 1930s« on: September 29, 2004, 04:30:53 PM »
Some of you may find this to be a good read.
I particularly found this passage to be of interest: Quote Nazi propaganda, policies and terror had broken down traditional support-networks. You couldn't be sure whom to trust. Everyone could be on the government payroll, or could turn into informants to save their skins. And so arms went out in Nazi salutes, militarist songs were sung at rallies and on the streets, "each one of us the Gestapo of the others." In fear, individualism was crushed, leaving most citizens to relate only to The Leader, or to their military units, the comradeship offered by fascism. The mother of all "slippery slope" arguments. 124
Political Opinions / "Trust us. Our intentions are good"« on: September 27, 2004, 09:31:09 AM »
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This really bothers me. What reason do we have to trust ANYONE with this kind of power and unrestricted access to information? 125
Political Opinions / A nice start« on: September 09, 2004, 09:03:07 AM »
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A civil liberties board with independent investigative powers is a nice start, but I'm skeptical that it would be effective in today's ridiculously overpowered, overfed, and over-everything government. But at least it's not the half-assed slap in the face attempt the White House made. |