HARDWARE: APPLE TIME CAPSULE died. But that’s not the whole story

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

http://store.apple.com/us/write/review/MC343LL/A

One of the reasons for moving from Windoze to Apple as opposed to Linux was the Time Capsule.

It worked fine, until it died.

(Restoring files was balky at times, but any time I really had to do it, I was able to get it off. The User Interface for partial or complete restores could be easier imho.)

One day, I just was dead. No power. Plugged it into a different outlet. Flickered but died.

When I went on the web, it said “OOW! Sorry. You lose!!! Should have bought AppleCare on it.” Which really put my shorts in a knot. Pay a couple of hundred bucks for a 500$ item. Typical “extended warranty rip off.

I got around to taking my now deceased and out-of-warranty TIME BRICK back to the Apple Store. And, played dumb.

The Genius plug it in and it flickered and died. Another Genius was called over to consult. Replugged it in and same thing. Another Genius came over looked at the bottom of it and called a team huddle in a corner away from me and I couldn’t hear or read lips.

Genius One went to the docked macbook and began wildly typing. Then he announced “bad power supply, we’ll replace it but you’ve lost all the data. OK?”

Sure, it was just my backup device.

Another Genius, number FOUR if you’re keeping score, came over an typed in their machine and paper began to spit out of their printer.

I signed off on the paper. They took the BRICK. And said they’d call in three days for me to pcik up my brand new unit.

A duccessful jaunt, but I’m still annoyed.

What if I believd the website and tossed the unit in the trash?

Argh!!!

This is “barbara streisand” that you have to be a mind reader and guess what’s been recalled.

Argh!!!

I’d call that an “unfair deceptive practice”.

SO, if ANY Apple product dies, I’d drag the dead smelly carcass into an Apple Store. And moan and groan until you got something for your trouble.

I’d even go one step further. I wouldn’t be adverse to visiting ALL the Apple stores within driving distance dragging the dead body into the store.

Sooner or later, you might run into someone who’d have pity on you.

Argh!

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http://www.macworld.com/article/152634/2010/07/timecapsule.html

Apple announces replacement program for some 2008 Time Capsules

Posted on Jul 12, 2010 8:30 am by Serenity Caldwell, Macworld.com

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TECHNOLOGY: Using technology as the excuse for process failures

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/69218

Census ‘Successfully Completed’ Work to Date Despite ‘Shaky’ Computer Problems, Census Director Says
Monday, July 12, 2010
By Nicholas Ballasy, Video Reporter

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(CNSNews.com) – The director of the U.S. Census Bureau, Dr. Robert Groves, told CNSNews.com that the Census “successfully completed” all operations to date despite a “shaky” information technology (IT) system that affected the early weeks of door-to-door counting. He added that he does not have “any evidence” that the IT problems had a “quality impact” on the accuracy of the population count, but encouraged people to wait for a final report that will be issued by the Commerce Department’s inspector general to “see what he has to say” as an “independent voice.”

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Can you say “cooking the books”? What better way to get the result you want than to blame it on the technology.

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Adoption should be done by the Churches

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/gatto5.1.1.html

‘I’m a Saboteur’
by Daniel H. Pink

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How do you unlock that inborn genius?

When the mind is tested against something unfamiliar, it grows in front of your eyes. Adopted children have a horrible track record in adult life, and yet they often measure on IQ tests about 20 points higher than their equals in their biological family. For years, the medical community tried to figure out what could account for this. Just to transfer from your natural parent increases your intelligence? Well, sure. You’re in this desperate situation; you don’t even have enough language to find your way out. You’re looking around a lot more than you would if it was all Mother Goose.

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I never knew this but it makes sense. Survival demands adaption. The question becomes how do we get children adopted earlier and seamlessly. The current system, run by our old “friend” the Gooferment, needs to be replaced. By Churches?

Now how do we make the Gooferment give up power?

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: “Appologize” to a “mundane”; it’ll never happen

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100710/ap_on_re_us/us_border_wrong_person

NY woman questioned again and again over ID mix-up
By MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press Writer Michael Hill, Associated Press Writer
Sat Jul 10, 3:49 pm ET

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“They never apologize,” Nelson said. “They basically tell you that they’re doing their job for the better good of the world.” Nelson has struggled to get information from Homeland Security officials. They will not tell her who she is being confused with or why the problem persists. She doesn’t know why her passport triggers alarms some days but not others.

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Please, citizen, the costumed elite apologize to a “mundane” serf such as yourself. Have you lost your mind? They were “protecting” you. And, you are paying for this treatment. Brings a new meaning to S&M!

As a fat old white guy injineer, I have to laugh at the idiots who thought that using “name” as an identifier and the other idiots who programmed a technology solution that is in essence a random number generator. When someone pulls up to the border crossing, the costumed rent a cop would be better off draw a card form a deck of cards and checking a list of winners for the day. “Queen of Spades, you’re free to go.” “Three of Diamonds, you win an anal cavity body search. … sotto voce … unless you’re fat and ugly. Or, I can overlook this, if you give me a small gift. Or,we most definitely can’t, if you give me a hard time. Argh! And, we mock third world countries for their graft and corruption?

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RANT: Gooferment swimming pools?

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/pool.armed.guards.2.1799352.html

Jul 13, 2010 6:40 am US/Eastern
Armed Guards At Pools After Lifeguard Attack

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (CBS/AP) ―

Armed security guards have been posted at public pools in Buffalo after a lifeguard was pulled into the water by rowdy teenagers and other unruly behavior prompted safety concerns for parks employees.

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Why is the Gooferment running a swimming pool? Why does the Gooferment try to operate anything? Why do we have the modern day equivalent of the Roman “Bread and Circuses”?

Argh!

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RANT: Who cares who writes for the “teleprompter”

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/07/12/mort_zuckerman_admits_he_wrote_one_of_obamas_speeches.html

Mort Zuckerman Admits He Helped Write One Of Obama’s Speeches
Posted July 12, 2010

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Media mogul Mort Zuckerman tells FOX News he helped write one of Obama’s speeches.

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I don’t see what the big deal is? Does any President write his own speeches? Does anyone think they do?

Presidents are merely actors who are reading from a teleprompter. Like David Letterman, Jay Leno, or others of that ilk.

Presidents are mere “the face”.

And you want “leadership”? From a talking head?

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Separate Education from the State!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

[Disclaimer: I’m neither a doctor, a lawyer, an accountant, nor an Indian Chief. Nor do I play one on TV! Nothing here should be construed as legal, medical, or investment advice. For that, you should seek out the appropriate certified credentialed and licensed professional. Advice given here is in the nature of entertainment and should be relied on. In the event of an emergency, hang up and dial 911.]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/gatto4.1.1.html

What Really Matters
by John Taylor Gatto

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After 12,000 hours of compulsory training at the hands of nearly 100 government-certified men and women, many high school graduates have no skills to trade for an income or even any skills with which to talk to each other. They can’t change a flat, read a book, repair a faucet, install a light, follow directions for the use of a word processor, build a wall, make change reliably, be alone with themselves or keep their marriages together. The situation is considerably worse than journalists have discerned.

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It’s really sad when you think about it.

Mandatory attendance laws, the Prussian model of education, and the forced funding of “education” have resulted in this.

Here’s some anecdotal evidence. I’ve seen three generations of children absolutely ruined by “public education” aka Gooferment Skrules. All three generations contain multiple examples.

Let’s take generation one with three children. “One” was a total disaster dropping out of this prison training propaganda camp. I saw what and how it was taught. Interesting how the statistics were cooked to avoid having his drop out count in their numbers. The township bragged about a 100% graduation rate and how 95% went on to college. As if that’s a measure of success. He was a complete mess, forever broken by a one size fits all system that didn’t meet his needs. “Two” completed school, undistinguished, apparently learning little, went on to college, got a degree, and husband. Was she better off for the experience? I’d say not. Her “art” was crushed. Her “drive” was too. Did she reach her potential? I’d say not. But one can’t know for sure until Final Judgment when we’ll know what was possible. “Three” also graduated, undistinguished, his athletic career that seemed important to him as a child was non-existent, he went to the military, on to graduate degrees, and a good Gooferment job after the military. Did he reach he potential? Again, won’t know for sure, until that Final Judgment, but I’d say not. As a child he was dreaming of being an athlete, read voraciously, and was “smart”. School sure seemed to drain all that enthusiasm out. Generation One scoreboard: One lost, and two seemingly fell short of apparent maximum potential. Given that two out of three achieved some measure of success, It’s not due to their time spent in Gooferment Skrules imho. I’d say is testament to the indomitable human spirit. Humans can make a life out anything. Look at the lands of abject poverty. People make the best of bad situations.

Let’s take generation two, sample size two males, Gooferment Skrules was a bad fit for both of them. “One” was another smart as whip youngster. Somehow he went to the Gooferment Skrules and came out dumb as a bag of rocks. Pleasant apparently happy fellow. But in the dikw (i.e., data, information, knowledge, wisdom) measurements missing a lot of dikw. Now maybe when I went to Catholic School, we were terrorized into memorizing a lot of data, led into being able to regurgitate meaningless info (I’m a self called “font of useless information”), acquired a lot of knowledge, and maybe even some wisdom. But, this “smart kid” was transformed into a “wise

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RANT: Stand aside, you serf; make way for one of the elite!

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

http://www.thewrap.com/television/column-post/biden-does-leno-stops-traffic-lax-passengers-furious-19120?page=0,1

Biden’s Leno Stop Clogs LAX; Passengers Furious

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Vice President Joe Biden held up airplane traffic for hours on Friday night at Los Angeles International Airport after an appearance on Jay Leno ‘s ‘Tonight Show,’ leaving restless passengers fuming.

A spokesman for the vice president said he was unaware of the FAA temporary flight restriction that stopped flights coming in, and delayed those going out.

“I know we didn’t ask for anything,” Biden’s spokesman James Carney told TheWrap. “There was no sign of any stoppage. And there shouldn’t have been one.”

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Like Clinton’s haircut, the elite feel it’s their right to special treatment.

And, nothing in the article mentions how much this all cost. Direct in resources expended and indirectly in resources wasted. And, how much “carbon footprint” did this stomp on Mother Earth? See they’re all watermelons. Green ont he outside; red communist on the inside. It’s the crude exercise of power of the mundanes.

Out of the “god’s” way, serf. You should be happy to sacrifice for the leader and his elite.

Unfortunately, to quote Bob Dylan, “a hard rain is gonna fall”.

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LIBERTY: Gooferment should get out of the “marriage” business

Monday, July 12, 2010

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/07/judge_declares_3.html

Judge declares US gay-marriage ban is unconstitutional
July 8, 2010 06:55 PM
By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff

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A federal district court judge in Boston today struck down the 1996 federal law that defines marriage as a union exclusively between a man and a woman. Judge Joseph L. Tauro ruled that the federal Defense of Marriage law violates the Constitutional right of married same-sex couples to equal protection under the law and upends the federal government’s long history of allowing states to set their own marriage laws.

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Today, a Justice Department spokeswoman, Tracy Schmaler, declined to comment on Tauro’s ruling, saying in a statement, “We’re reviewing the decision.”

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Interesting how the Obama administration is “studying” this one. Studying how it can let it stand. Since it aligns with their identity politics. Isn’t Kagan the Solicitor General? Doesn’t she have to appeal that. Talk about a conflict!

As a little L libertarian, it’s always been my assertion that the Gooferment has no business in the definition of “marriage”. Churches do marriage; not Gooferment. Remember the purposes of “marriage licenses” was, in the South, to keep black men from marrying white women.

The tax code confers benefits to “marriages” that are inexcusable. The Gooferment already has “corporations”. That it favors with tax breaks and stuff. Perhaps it can just extend “corporate status” to individuals. Like a subschapter S.

Or me could just remove the tax favored status of marriage and simplify the tax code.

See, bottom line, it’s really the right of the people to be left alone and to make their choices without the Gooferment trying to influence those choices by picking winners and losers. Or, the things it “likes” better than other things. Gooferment fails at everything; so why is this any different.

It’s always about force. In this case, forcing people to do what the people in chage of the levers of Gooferment want them to do.

A recipe for disaster.

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MONEY: Pensions are a promise that will be reneged on

Monday, July 12, 2010

http://www.ricedelman.com/cs/pressroom/pressroom_detail?pressrelease.id=1397

Is Your Pension Threatened?
For Immediate Release
July 09, 2010

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WASHINGTON D.C., July 8, 2010 — Controversy hit The Ric Edelman Show this week, when award-winning talk show host Ric Edelman ignited a debate on the future of public pensions in America.

A caller to Edelman’s nationally syndicated radio program sparked the debate. Mary Ellen, a 51-year-old, has little money in savings. But because she works for a city government, she can retire immediately thanks to a pension that will pay her $46,000 for life annually plus provide full health care benefits for the rest of her life. While she wondered if she could afford to retire, many of the show’s listeners wondered how our society could pay for her and millions of other public employees like her.

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Interesting?

I’m more concerned about the trial balloon that urges the Gooferment to “save” old people from poor returns in the Stock Market by seizing all IRA / 401Ks from the custodians in exchange for an as yet undetermined “enhanced Social Security benefit”!

Wish Ric would opine on that.

We can all be in the same boat as the poor people in Zimbabwe!

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