Past the midweek stripe
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silveradeptToday, the newest Ubuntu distribution, Edgy Eft, was released. So, we're going to go down into the dark depths and do the upgrade thing after this posts. Hopefully, it all goes well. Today, I took care of many of my weekly assignments. Tomorrow, I think I'm going to get on my Powerpoint presentation for the Web Credibility thing I have to do a week from Tuesday. I also got a refocusing from the instructor on my 666 project, and I feel much more comfortable about it. I was missing a key piece - my focus was too narrow, in this case. Now I feel good about it. Soon I'll be dealing with three projects all at once, but we're trying to keep the casualty rate down on that - which means more frontloading where possible. The job's never really done, is it?
A reminder object - remember when there was a link that said that we'd crossed the point where we're using up more resources than the planet can replenish. Apparently, it didn't sink in, as the World Wildlife Federation tells us we're still unsustainable. It's really the time to get environmentally sound - when in the First World, the technology is available, even if it is expensive. Somewhere in this line, we have to be willing to pay a little more today to make it possible for our descendants to inherit the world as something other than a burnt-out shell.
What we see in these accounts of Haditha, Iraq, is what the military, and the political entities, whether they thought they were getting it or not, is exactly what they signed up for when war was declared on Iraq. Rules of Engagement takes us through the affair, and explains that this was not necessarily a complete aberration. In Haditha tells us of a journalist's account of the incident, and pictures taken in it. Cheney, however, still denies that we're losing, and that it's just taking longer than expected. And that we've never been beaten in a stand-up fight. Which, in this case, as the Slacktivist noted, is quite irrelevant. As, perhaps is this list of celebrity donations to political parties. Because really, it's not about how they feel and vote, it's about how YOU feel and vote. So inform yourself and go to the polls. Don't be one of the people that doesn't vote, yet feels entitled to complain.
Philip Slater tells us an interesting thought - believing that something is "human nature" only reinforces the status quo. In the article, he also makes some claims that human nature is very different than what capitalism and Christianity want us to believe it is. And if this gentleman's sign (Image) is what natural human behavior is, we've got a lot of work to do on improving it. It can be done, but it's going to take a while. Here's a primer on how to start - it's the simplest of things - be respectful to all the peoples you encounter. You can take issue with their issues, but the peoples are to be left untouched.
Anyway, time to start the dreadful upgrade.
A reminder object - remember when there was a link that said that we'd crossed the point where we're using up more resources than the planet can replenish. Apparently, it didn't sink in, as the World Wildlife Federation tells us we're still unsustainable. It's really the time to get environmentally sound - when in the First World, the technology is available, even if it is expensive. Somewhere in this line, we have to be willing to pay a little more today to make it possible for our descendants to inherit the world as something other than a burnt-out shell.
What we see in these accounts of Haditha, Iraq, is what the military, and the political entities, whether they thought they were getting it or not, is exactly what they signed up for when war was declared on Iraq. Rules of Engagement takes us through the affair, and explains that this was not necessarily a complete aberration. In Haditha tells us of a journalist's account of the incident, and pictures taken in it. Cheney, however, still denies that we're losing, and that it's just taking longer than expected. And that we've never been beaten in a stand-up fight. Which, in this case, as the Slacktivist noted, is quite irrelevant. As, perhaps is this list of celebrity donations to political parties. Because really, it's not about how they feel and vote, it's about how YOU feel and vote. So inform yourself and go to the polls. Don't be one of the people that doesn't vote, yet feels entitled to complain.
Philip Slater tells us an interesting thought - believing that something is "human nature" only reinforces the status quo. In the article, he also makes some claims that human nature is very different than what capitalism and Christianity want us to believe it is. And if this gentleman's sign (Image) is what natural human behavior is, we've got a lot of work to do on improving it. It can be done, but it's going to take a while. Here's a primer on how to start - it's the simplest of things - be respectful to all the peoples you encounter. You can take issue with their issues, but the peoples are to be left untouched.
Anyway, time to start the dreadful upgrade.
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Date: 2006-10-27 02:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-27 03:44 pm (UTC)But yes, if you refresh my memory about your wifi configuration (card and router types, especially), I'll advise.
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Date: 2006-10-27 04:02 pm (UTC)