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Intelligent men are inconsistent, but intelligent…

February 22nd, 2007 by timelady

…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.”

Four bewildering remarks from the Bush Administration. 

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links for 2007-02-21

February 22nd, 2007 by timelady

• Human Icons for OpenOffice - Ubuntu Forums
  yay!!! better than the awful default things:)
  (tags: icons openoffice ubuntu linux gnome)
• Kevin Hatfield’s Blog » Blog Archive » Why so many filesystems for Linux? What’s the difference?
  this is a clear explanation of something that confuses many people:)
  (tags: linux filesystems reference filesystem comparison unix tech blog sysadmin file oss)
• Ballmer repeats threats against Linux | CNET News.com
  Le sigh. Ranting idiot, anyone?
  (tags: ballmer idiot linux microsoft patent)
• Dell gives desktop Linux its “full attention”
  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
  (tags: dell linux desktop)
• Black President More Likely than Mormon or Atheist » Outside The Beltway | OTB
  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…
  (tags: politics voting atheism president usa religion blog)

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By “guts” I mean…

February 21st, 2007 by timelady

…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:)

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Yesterday upon the stair…

February 21st, 2007 by timelady

…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?

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links for 2007-02-20

February 21st, 2007 by timelady

• 10 Linux commands you’ve never used
  Wonderful list - lots here I hadnt used.
  (tags: linux shell commands bash reference unix sysadmin howto cool commandline command cli)
• Slice of Scifi - Science Fiction TV & Movie News, Interviews & more » SCI-FI to SCI-FACT: Plasma Converter
  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…..
  (tags: ecology plasma science)
• Rippin kitten: Washing a cat
  So funny…
  (tags: cat wash silly funny)
• It’s Knuttz - Weird Shoes
  theres a reason i stay barefoot:)
  (tags: barefoot shoes weird odd)
• Born at less than 22 weeks - and baby Amillia survived | the Daily Mail
  This is amazing. And poignant, piercingly so, to me. Miss you, Tamsyn, Allira, Caitlyn. Play well, love you always.
  (tags: baby premature viability life wow news medicine)
• Straps4Linux and Open Source: Script: dvd2xvid.sh
  How to rip a DVD using mencoder
  (tags: dvd dvdrip mencoder linux bash xvid script video backup rip)
• Rails Envy: Acts_As_Ferret Tutorial
  Using Ferret (High performance text search engine lib) with RoR.
  (tags: rails rubyonrails search ruby tutorial ferret programming webdev howto plugin development design database coding code)
• Sandwalk: What Is Science?
  “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.”
  (tags: creationism education evolution science honesty integrity)
• Monday view: Cheap solar power poised to undercut oil and gas by half | Monday View | Columnists | Business | Money | Telegraph
  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.
  (tags: solar fossil nuclear environment greenhouse electricity)
• America’s Greenest Buildings - Forbes.com
  “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.”
  (tags: architecture environment green)
• TechEBlog » Top 5 Outdoor Gadgets
  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:)
  (tags: camping gadget hiking geek toy)
• The Most Annoying Things About Windows Vista - Yahoo! News
  From Yahoo :”Here’s our list of Vista features that just make us wonder, “What were they thinking?”"
  (tags: microsoft vista annoyances features stupid irritating)

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links for 2007-02-19

February 20th, 2007 by timelady

• George Orwell: 12 Writing Tips
  This guy knew his stuff:)
  (tags: writing tips language orwell education reference essays howto)
• Dark Roasted Blend: Oops! - Weirdest Accidents
  Oh, these are fun!
  (tags: photos funny humor images)
• Convert Physical Windows Systems Into Virtual Machines To Be Run On A Linux Desktop | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials
  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.
  (tags: linux vmware convert windows desktop virtualization howto tutorial ubuntu tools freeware guide)
• Advanced Linux Programming
  a book for free - as in speech:)
  (tags: linux programming book books ebook reference c development code coding advanced opensource)
• Maximum PC: How To: Slipstream your XP installation
  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!
  (tags: windows cd create restore servicepack custom howto xp software microsoft tutorials boot slipstream)
• Ballmer blames pirates for poor Vista sales
  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!

  (tags: vista pirates windows microsoft crap)

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links for 2007-02-18

February 19th, 2007 by timelady

• Is Your Son a Computer Hacker?
  an oldie but a goodie in the funny stakes:)
  (tags: geek humour funny computer hack)
• NPR : Is America Too Damn Religious?
  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.
  (tags: religion usa america atheism secular)
• Telstra to Apple: ’stick to your knitting’ - BizTech - Technology - smh.com.au
  well, dont expect to see the iphone here in oz anytime soon!!!
  (tags: iphone apple telstra phone carrier australia telco)
• Top 12 Movies in History That Were Ahead of Their Time « FirstShowing.net
  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.
  (tags: movies entertainment movie list lists film future collection blog films)
• OpenCola - Open Source Coca Cola « Everything Else
  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.
  (tags: opensource cola soda drinks drink creativity howto gpl)
• » Ballmer: Novell deal proves open source needs to ‘respect IP rights’ | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com
  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.
  (tags: microsoft ip novell rights opensource)

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In giving rights to others which belong to them…

February 19th, 2007 by timelady

…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:

How to explain DRM to Dad (or anyone really!)

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links for 2007-02-17

February 18th, 2007 by timelady

• Watch out Vista, Ubuntu got back! - News | TheTechLounge
  eye candy - ubuntu beats vista hands down
  (tags: ubuntu vista eyecandy desktop gui 3d linux microsoft)
• Yes, there is a PJ
  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.
  (tags: blogging groklaw ibm linux sco)
• Red Sweater Blog - C Is The New Assembly
  An interesting discussion on where C now sits in the lexicon of languages.
  (tags: programming development c assembly python mac developer blog)
• Constantly Thinking » Blog Archive » Possibly the coolest screen saver on earth…
  A screensaver that allows you to monitor global blog activity in real time - interesting!

  (tags: screensaver blog realtime online)
• Coding Horror: The cost of leaving your PC on
  Have you ever wondered how much it’s costing you to leave a computer on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?
  (tags: energy powerconsumption electricity hardware pc lifehacks cost money computers computer)
• The Getting Things Done phenomenon – an update primer
  A list of some of the getting things done tools online
  (tags: application career productivity lifehacks resources toread tools howto list)
• YouTube - Looking Glass on Ubuntu
  for those into 3d desktops.
  (tags: 3d desktop lookingglass)
• Shuttleworth clarifies Ubuntu’s stance on proprietary drivers
  what the title says
  (tags: ubuntu canonical desktop drivers feisty linux)
• Linux.com | Linus fires latest shot in GNOME Wars
  Some bad blood between Linus Torvalds and GNOME developers is flaring up again.
  (tags: gnome linustorvalds linux)
• Novell: OpenOffice is key - News - Builder AU
  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.
  (tags: novell openoffice opensource)

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Question with boldness even the existance of God…

February 17th, 2007 by timelady

…because if there be one, He must approve the homage of Reason rather than that of blindfolded Fear.

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