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silveradeptYep. No job yet. Still working on that part. I suppose it was a bit unrealistic of me to think that I could land a job so quickly out of college. As with most things, I guess I’m going to be average. (Which is not intrinsically bad - the average is not “no job, ever”, so I’m okay.) Besides, now that all the schooling’s done, I can finally cool off of that “have to be remarkably good/best at my studies” bit that’s been my major schtick. In other words, now I get to diversify! Haha!
Much of the day today was spent catching up on the various episodes I have lying around, which has cleaned my desktop up considerably. Maybe tomorrow I’ll actually get around to tackling the demo disc of .hack//G.U. part one that I got when I bought the .hack//Roots box set.
I suspect the general reaction around the United States was a raucous cheer when this news broke - Jerry Falwell is dead at 73. He will be survived ideologically by several members of his own coalition and others that share his views. Including, apparently, Chuck Norris who wants to speculate on how to outlaw Christianity. It’s been said that Fred Phelps will be out picketing Fallwell’s funeral, something that will not doubt make people make pot-kettle references. More on Jerry - Common Sense points out a lot of his shortcomings, and Brad DeLong points out parts of his past that may have led to the Falwell we knew. Whatever the opinion on him you have, he now has to answer to the power that he believed in. A kind and loving deity could probably find a reason to let Jerry into heaven. I’m personally not sure that the god that comes forward to give him judgment and the reward for his devoted following is one. Only Dante would be able to tell.
One of the things Falwell leaves behind is Liberty University, a place that might be so strict that Falwell himself might flunk out. Here's a look at (some part of?) the disciplinary code and the things that can earn you reprimands. I suspect most of us would probably have been asked not to come back after one semester.
Don Imus’s firing now sets a precedent - CBS just axed JV and Elvis after remarks made on the air by a guest about the rape of the Secretary of State and the Queen of England. Maybe this goes all the way back to Howard Stern’s movement from radio to satellite. Anyway, it seems that accountability is a little bit more prevalent on the airwaves.
Yesterday was the required day for American ISPs to ensure their communications easier to tap by the FBI and FCC, to comply with the current interpretation of the law. So, to our new listeners, we hope you have a court order, and welcome to the show.
Keep an eye on the guy in this article - he might end up in a Darwin Awards book - because he shot himself without actually using a gun as he was emptying bullets from their brass casings with a vise.
A positive example of transgenderism is the case of Christine Daniels, nee Mike Penner, a sport columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Newsweek has an interview with Ms. Daniels on the process and the worries involved in this change, or you can look at Woman in Progress, her blog on the process and reaction to get the words from her own mouth.
For the geek who wants to get exercise while working at the computer or engaging in marathon gaming sessions, a stand-up comptuer terminal equipped with a treadmill is just the thing. It’s being touted as a way of curbing obesity at work. I think the idea has some merit. Keeping in the workplace, France's workers are the biggest complainers about their jobs, according to a new study. The United States is definitely in the top ten there, despite having the highest incomes. We make more, so that we can be jealous of more. We’d even complain about Jons of the Post-Apocalypse, were we to have them or be looking for them. The last thing to come out of the work section, though, is One thousand ways to waste time at work, arranged A to Zed.
Microsoft takes shots at Linux, claiming that parts of the operating system violate patents held by the Redmond software company. At least according to the article, Microsoft is not saying which patents are in violation yet. Sounds suspiciously like the tactic that the *AA organizations are taking against those they think are pirates. Speaking thereof, the Attorney General has proposed that "Attempted software pirating" be classed as a crime, removing the need to prove that some copyright violation has even taken place before sending people to jail. No word on any action forthcoming, but that the Congresspeople haven’t laughed in the Attorney General’s face on this matter is not an encouraging sign.
A drink previously calling itself "Cocaine" has changed its name to "Censored", responding to pressure and criticism from the FDA and state officials. What I find more disturbing is that it has over a gram of caffeine in it. How much do you take before it kills you or seriously screws up your life?
Last for tonight is a cheer from the oppressed corners of your local public high school - a bully victim successfully sued the school on their unwillingness to fix a bullying problem, to the total tune of $1 million. Even if there are appeals, I sincerely hope this finally gets administrators and teachers to do something about the bullying that goes on in the schools. As![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bradhicks writes, it's when the administration doesn't do anything that the problem gets worse, preferring to call it “character-building” or to refuse to punish the athletes (or other alpha-types) of the school when they engage in bullying. It’s that attitude that creates school shooting situations, he says, and I think he’s right.
Anyway, I’m going to go snooze. Sleep is not only for the weak, it is for those who want to stay sane.
Much of the day today was spent catching up on the various episodes I have lying around, which has cleaned my desktop up considerably. Maybe tomorrow I’ll actually get around to tackling the demo disc of .hack//G.U. part one that I got when I bought the .hack//Roots box set.
I suspect the general reaction around the United States was a raucous cheer when this news broke - Jerry Falwell is dead at 73. He will be survived ideologically by several members of his own coalition and others that share his views. Including, apparently, Chuck Norris who wants to speculate on how to outlaw Christianity. It’s been said that Fred Phelps will be out picketing Fallwell’s funeral, something that will not doubt make people make pot-kettle references. More on Jerry - Common Sense points out a lot of his shortcomings, and Brad DeLong points out parts of his past that may have led to the Falwell we knew. Whatever the opinion on him you have, he now has to answer to the power that he believed in. A kind and loving deity could probably find a reason to let Jerry into heaven. I’m personally not sure that the god that comes forward to give him judgment and the reward for his devoted following is one. Only Dante would be able to tell.
One of the things Falwell leaves behind is Liberty University, a place that might be so strict that Falwell himself might flunk out. Here's a look at (some part of?) the disciplinary code and the things that can earn you reprimands. I suspect most of us would probably have been asked not to come back after one semester.
Don Imus’s firing now sets a precedent - CBS just axed JV and Elvis after remarks made on the air by a guest about the rape of the Secretary of State and the Queen of England. Maybe this goes all the way back to Howard Stern’s movement from radio to satellite. Anyway, it seems that accountability is a little bit more prevalent on the airwaves.
Yesterday was the required day for American ISPs to ensure their communications easier to tap by the FBI and FCC, to comply with the current interpretation of the law. So, to our new listeners, we hope you have a court order, and welcome to the show.
Keep an eye on the guy in this article - he might end up in a Darwin Awards book - because he shot himself without actually using a gun as he was emptying bullets from their brass casings with a vise.
A positive example of transgenderism is the case of Christine Daniels, nee Mike Penner, a sport columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Newsweek has an interview with Ms. Daniels on the process and the worries involved in this change, or you can look at Woman in Progress, her blog on the process and reaction to get the words from her own mouth.
For the geek who wants to get exercise while working at the computer or engaging in marathon gaming sessions, a stand-up comptuer terminal equipped with a treadmill is just the thing. It’s being touted as a way of curbing obesity at work. I think the idea has some merit. Keeping in the workplace, France's workers are the biggest complainers about their jobs, according to a new study. The United States is definitely in the top ten there, despite having the highest incomes. We make more, so that we can be jealous of more. We’d even complain about Jons of the Post-Apocalypse, were we to have them or be looking for them. The last thing to come out of the work section, though, is One thousand ways to waste time at work, arranged A to Zed.
Microsoft takes shots at Linux, claiming that parts of the operating system violate patents held by the Redmond software company. At least according to the article, Microsoft is not saying which patents are in violation yet. Sounds suspiciously like the tactic that the *AA organizations are taking against those they think are pirates. Speaking thereof, the Attorney General has proposed that "Attempted software pirating" be classed as a crime, removing the need to prove that some copyright violation has even taken place before sending people to jail. No word on any action forthcoming, but that the Congresspeople haven’t laughed in the Attorney General’s face on this matter is not an encouraging sign.
A drink previously calling itself "Cocaine" has changed its name to "Censored", responding to pressure and criticism from the FDA and state officials. What I find more disturbing is that it has over a gram of caffeine in it. How much do you take before it kills you or seriously screws up your life?
Last for tonight is a cheer from the oppressed corners of your local public high school - a bully victim successfully sued the school on their unwillingness to fix a bullying problem, to the total tune of $1 million. Even if there are appeals, I sincerely hope this finally gets administrators and teachers to do something about the bullying that goes on in the schools. As
bradhicks writes, it's when the administration doesn't do anything that the problem gets worse, preferring to call it “character-building” or to refuse to punish the athletes (or other alpha-types) of the school when they engage in bullying. It’s that attitude that creates school shooting situations, he says, and I think he’s right. Anyway, I’m going to go snooze. Sleep is not only for the weak, it is for those who want to stay sane.
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Date: 2007-05-16 05:49 am (UTC)Re: Reprimands
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Date: 2007-05-16 08:03 pm (UTC)Fred Phelps will be out picketing Fallwell’s funeral
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Date: 2007-05-16 06:09 am (UTC)~M~
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Date: 2007-05-16 06:13 am (UTC)I did some looking around and found some facts, or things that are probably facts.
Wikipedia says that a caffeine tablet normally has 200 mg in it and an average cup of coffee has 135 (depends on your brew and stuff) but those are milligrams. So we've got that for comparison.
I'm not sure if a full gram would be toxic, but it certainly would be unhealthy.
AH! Found something... Though achieving lethal dose with caffeine would be exceptionally difficult with regular coffee, there have been reported deaths from overdosing on caffeine pills, with serious symptoms of overdose requiring hospitalization occurring from as little as 2 grams of caffeine.
So there you go, drinking two of them could check you into a hospital.
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Date: 2007-05-16 06:25 am (UTC)The amusing part is, even if they did actually try to sue someone over these patents, there's a few problems behind them. First off, patents are for things like actual code, not logic algorithms - just code - and Microsoft has never released their code to anyone! The "patents" they're claiming Linux and Open-Source apps are breaking are just that - logical algorithms that won't stand up in court.
Secondly, due to the user license agreements used for Open Source software, there are no revenues generated - so there would be no one to pay the licensing fees that Microsoft is claiming they'd sue for. Hah!
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Date: 2007-05-16 03:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-16 11:26 am (UTC)If I'm not the only one, you need new friends.
Anyway, the lethal dose for caffeine has never been solidly established. Believe it or not, they don't really go around pumping people full of chemicals to see how much it takes to kill them.
Instead, they rate potentially lethal chemicals with an "LD50". The LD50 for a substance represents the Lethal Dose for approximately 50% of the population. So call it an average. The LD50 for caffeine is 10g. It varies mostly by body mass, but also by aquired tolerance.
(I, for example, was going for 20g, just to be sure, but I only got to about 4.5g before I started losing lucidity.)
Fatal caffeine dosages aren't usually a risk because drinks like Coke would kill you from the sugar and acid before you could get enough caffeine.
So you might be able to kill yourself (or someone else) with "Censored", but they would probably throw up before they finished the 10th drink.
Also, for the record, caffeine is one of the most completely disgusting and bitter substances on the planet when not properly diluted.
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Now that I'm done rambling about that, I just want to say that I'd love to turn that Libery "University" list into an online quiz. "How much would you owe Libby U?"
-Welah!
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Date: 2007-05-16 11:44 am (UTC)I guess it make sense that you could die from too much caffiene since it raises your heart rate, and I know plenty of people who probably abuse the caffiene pill thing and drink loads of coffee....I wonder if they even realize what they're doing?
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Date: 2007-05-16 12:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-16 03:02 pm (UTC)My bottle of nodoze says it's 200 mg "the same as drinking coffee", which makes me feel a bit releaved, since I take it for my headaches.
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Date: 2007-05-16 07:04 pm (UTC)-Welah!
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Date: 2007-05-16 04:37 pm (UTC)I think the Liberty University Quiz thing has some merit. Maybe it can be made, probably through one of those quiz-service type things.
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Date: 2007-05-16 04:34 pm (UTC)Isn't this country over the whole "shock jock" thing yet? It's stupid. It's not funny, and the fact that the "shock jocks" never seem to think they said anything wrong is even more infuriating. Sure, comedians like George Carlin make all the inappropriate comments they want, BUT they're not being broadcast on public airways. They're giving private shows in concert halls, or releasing CDs.
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Date: 2007-05-16 08:14 pm (UTC)Shock Jockery doesn't stay funny unless it ups the ante, because people get used to the level that its at. So Carlin and Howard Stern may have been shocking at their times, but now they're part of the culture. So the next big thing has to be bigger than that. And it'll continue, with people looking for a one-upmanship that will get them ratings.