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Again, not much for actual work done, but mostly because I’m just putting things off for a bit - they’ll probably kick back into a higher gear tomorrow, when I start quizzing about how to use things in an effective manner for programming, and then I’ll probably do work on that. That said, I did do a little more of one assignment over another. If I really get ambitious, by Friday, I should be able to lay out a large amount of the work yet to be done and make it sing over the weekend into something much more complete. Which would rock hardcore-like. And probably get my stress levels down to an acceptable point.
These articles must be prefaced with a Dave Barry-ism: We are not making these up (as far as we know). A genteman who was in the process of raping another woman took an angry phonee call from his wife. One would think that in the act of coitus, things such as the telephone can wait. Especially in a forced act. (Not that we condone that kind of behavior. Consensual is a big cornerstone to anything that happens in that area.) Nor are we making up the story about a Facebook group called "White Nation" that was apparently a joke... but also had with it some provocative imagery that would definitely incite a firestorm. And then there’s the account of a guy who goes and mugs a 101-year old woman and an 85-year old woman. I’m pretty sure that there are places reserved in the jail cell for a gent of this caliber.
The Army's Surgeon General is stepping down over the Walter Reed scandal. We’d like to know whether they’re actually going to, y’know, do something about it, too.
The U.S. commander in Iraq jumped the rhetoric up significantly, when he said it was "indisputable" that Iran was training and arming militants to fight United states troops. With that kind of material being said by top officials in the area, it only makes me more certain that there will be some sort of action against Iran before the end of the current presidency. With the troop levels that will likely be needed to do something like that, then maybe it’s not so surprising to see military recruiters targeting paintball players.
In other military matters, as has been splashed across the papers, General Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, believes that homosexual acts are immoral, but he still believes in "don't ask, don't tell" as an effective policy. We’d rather have an army where everyone is okay with everyone else in their unit, male, female, or preferring males or females. I’m not sure that “don’t ask, don’t tell” is the correct way to go about doing this, especially when it means that needed personnel are being excluded based on their “out” status, but I admit I don’t have a different plan other than “let them serve openly, and deal with it, d00ds.”
One of a new set of salvos in the video wars have been fired - Viacom is suing Youtube, now owned by Google, over copyright violations by users posting content to the service. The EFF has put forward some new stickers. Bearing such slogans as “Coding is not a crime” and “Come back with a warrant”, it’s a good sheet for those who are looking to flip the bird to the authorities trying to restrict their rights. It will most likely not get you a visit from the Secret Service, as constructing an art piece in your yard that has a knife driven through the forehead of President Bush will. Of course, you have to be able to tell the difference between art and a serious threat to the President, so I can’t really fault the Secret Service for checking. Across the pond, Charlie Broker in the Guardian suggests a makeover for Mr Bush's image - through things like releasing a lurid sex tape or growing his hair out.
Cyborg prosthetics are making advances, if Dean Kamen's model is efficient and affordable enough. Sounds like a lot of work is going into this one, under the original premise of providing limbs for those who lose their natural ones. If it’s a lot like other DARPA projects, then the technology, if it’s a hit, should trickle down into the realm of the plebes. On a different tack of the same idea, Texas Instruments is often surprised at what purposes its chips are put to. And moving into newer realms, some companies want to serve wireless Internet over unused frequencies that are currently reserved for the television bands. Television-band internet would make it a lot easier for everyone to get connected, I’d say. Finally a bit of a warning - photocopiers who hold images of documents on disk drives may be raided to steal documents and sensitive data. Although I wonder what kind of tools and tech it would take to actually make a successful photocopier raid.
The consensus on climate change has it’s skeptics. And both sides of the issue have their fanatics. So to the people who are threatening to kill skeptics of climate change, cool it. Besides, not everyone who thinks of man-made climate change thinks Al Gore is God.
Modern Drunkard Magazine (who knew such things existed) has a piece about using liquor as a way of getting to know your inner self betterYou share a drink with yourself, you get to know yourself without limitations, and all this brought about through drinking something that you enjoy. Maybe the sign of people with drinking problems, in this case, are the people who have lost the Zen experience of drinking with themselves. Or never found it, having spent all their drinking time with others.
In the collage department, a long sequence of images entitled "Fox News at its Finest" . The people there aver that aside from highlighting some pictures for ease of understanding, the images there have not been significantly altered in any way.
After an onslaught of images like that, it might be best to take a little time out and retreat to the rare book room, where digital copies of rare works are available for browsing.
In the same sort of vein of how Ritalin manages to calm the hyperactive, a sleeping pill may actually help get coma patients to wake up. And the benefits of exercise continue - it could help with hypertension, and quick walks may end up helping smokers quit the nicotine habit. And a reminder to all those who think crash-dieting is a great thing, dieting by skipping meals has a really good chance of biting you in the ass later. Over time, the binges and the other eating can put on pounds, not take them off. So eat healthily, and exercise to expend more calories than you take in.
The last thing is a Cool Thing - glow in the dark materials can now cover the range of the spectrum. Now we can have full-color starry ceilings and walls.
And now, I must make mention of Rule Two (which follows Rule One) - Even named, Thou Shalt Not Spam. We do not appreciate them, and we report them.
These articles must be prefaced with a Dave Barry-ism: We are not making these up (as far as we know). A genteman who was in the process of raping another woman took an angry phonee call from his wife. One would think that in the act of coitus, things such as the telephone can wait. Especially in a forced act. (Not that we condone that kind of behavior. Consensual is a big cornerstone to anything that happens in that area.) Nor are we making up the story about a Facebook group called "White Nation" that was apparently a joke... but also had with it some provocative imagery that would definitely incite a firestorm. And then there’s the account of a guy who goes and mugs a 101-year old woman and an 85-year old woman. I’m pretty sure that there are places reserved in the jail cell for a gent of this caliber.
The Army's Surgeon General is stepping down over the Walter Reed scandal. We’d like to know whether they’re actually going to, y’know, do something about it, too.
The U.S. commander in Iraq jumped the rhetoric up significantly, when he said it was "indisputable" that Iran was training and arming militants to fight United states troops. With that kind of material being said by top officials in the area, it only makes me more certain that there will be some sort of action against Iran before the end of the current presidency. With the troop levels that will likely be needed to do something like that, then maybe it’s not so surprising to see military recruiters targeting paintball players.
In other military matters, as has been splashed across the papers, General Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, believes that homosexual acts are immoral, but he still believes in "don't ask, don't tell" as an effective policy. We’d rather have an army where everyone is okay with everyone else in their unit, male, female, or preferring males or females. I’m not sure that “don’t ask, don’t tell” is the correct way to go about doing this, especially when it means that needed personnel are being excluded based on their “out” status, but I admit I don’t have a different plan other than “let them serve openly, and deal with it, d00ds.”
One of a new set of salvos in the video wars have been fired - Viacom is suing Youtube, now owned by Google, over copyright violations by users posting content to the service. The EFF has put forward some new stickers. Bearing such slogans as “Coding is not a crime” and “Come back with a warrant”, it’s a good sheet for those who are looking to flip the bird to the authorities trying to restrict their rights. It will most likely not get you a visit from the Secret Service, as constructing an art piece in your yard that has a knife driven through the forehead of President Bush will. Of course, you have to be able to tell the difference between art and a serious threat to the President, so I can’t really fault the Secret Service for checking. Across the pond, Charlie Broker in the Guardian suggests a makeover for Mr Bush's image - through things like releasing a lurid sex tape or growing his hair out.
Cyborg prosthetics are making advances, if Dean Kamen's model is efficient and affordable enough. Sounds like a lot of work is going into this one, under the original premise of providing limbs for those who lose their natural ones. If it’s a lot like other DARPA projects, then the technology, if it’s a hit, should trickle down into the realm of the plebes. On a different tack of the same idea, Texas Instruments is often surprised at what purposes its chips are put to. And moving into newer realms, some companies want to serve wireless Internet over unused frequencies that are currently reserved for the television bands. Television-band internet would make it a lot easier for everyone to get connected, I’d say. Finally a bit of a warning - photocopiers who hold images of documents on disk drives may be raided to steal documents and sensitive data. Although I wonder what kind of tools and tech it would take to actually make a successful photocopier raid.
The consensus on climate change has it’s skeptics. And both sides of the issue have their fanatics. So to the people who are threatening to kill skeptics of climate change, cool it. Besides, not everyone who thinks of man-made climate change thinks Al Gore is God.
Modern Drunkard Magazine (who knew such things existed) has a piece about using liquor as a way of getting to know your inner self betterYou share a drink with yourself, you get to know yourself without limitations, and all this brought about through drinking something that you enjoy. Maybe the sign of people with drinking problems, in this case, are the people who have lost the Zen experience of drinking with themselves. Or never found it, having spent all their drinking time with others.
In the collage department, a long sequence of images entitled "Fox News at its Finest" . The people there aver that aside from highlighting some pictures for ease of understanding, the images there have not been significantly altered in any way.
After an onslaught of images like that, it might be best to take a little time out and retreat to the rare book room, where digital copies of rare works are available for browsing.
In the same sort of vein of how Ritalin manages to calm the hyperactive, a sleeping pill may actually help get coma patients to wake up. And the benefits of exercise continue - it could help with hypertension, and quick walks may end up helping smokers quit the nicotine habit. And a reminder to all those who think crash-dieting is a great thing, dieting by skipping meals has a really good chance of biting you in the ass later. Over time, the binges and the other eating can put on pounds, not take them off. So eat healthily, and exercise to expend more calories than you take in.
The last thing is a Cool Thing - glow in the dark materials can now cover the range of the spectrum. Now we can have full-color starry ceilings and walls.
And now, I must make mention of Rule Two (which follows Rule One) - Even named, Thou Shalt Not Spam. We do not appreciate them, and we report them.
