RANT: Gooferment seems to get special status

Saturday, April 14, 2007

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

WRITEN FROM POV OF THE STATIST SOCIALIST MEDIA

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Islamist insurgents and Somali clan militias in Mogadishu clash with government forces, Ethiopian troops and African Union peacekeepers as casualties continue to mount months after the defeat of the Islamic Courts Union.

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What is the “government” but yet another gang of thugs claiming the mantle of “authority” to rule over others? Who made them the anointed? The UN! Please don’t make me laugh. Another gang of bad folks claiming to be out betters.

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TECH SERVICE: An unnamed service has a bug

Saturday, April 14, 2007

FROM AN EXCHANGE OF EMAILS WITH A DEVELOPER

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From: A DEVELOPER
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:49 PM
To: r @ reinke
Subject: RE: Where did my name go?

Try clearing your cache and cookies and then restarting your browser (I see “reinke” within the green badge and after “Profile:..”.

If that doesn’t work, please reply back.

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vs: Still the same. Wanna try sacrificing some chickens next? ;-) Like I hadn’t tried that or seen at a different computer. Why does every PC support person insist on a cold reboot? BTW, since last night was my night to do “microsoft maintenance”, I was forced to do a cold restart. So, perhaps there’s some crud in a table somewhere on your side of the wire?

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If I have learned one thing in testing software (which I think is “fun”), it is don’t annoy users with obvious stuff that has no hope of solving the problem. Or, at least ask it, or propose it in a way that is “softer”. Remember I am unpaid help, or worse I’ve paid for this mistake. At least with “free software”, you haven’t paid to debug someone else’s code.

It’s like that nameless isp that always wants you to power cycle your setup when it’s obvious to the world that they have a dns problem.

About the only thing worse is having paid no support at all. Buying a product and getting no support like IBM, Nuance, Microsoft, and that ilk! (There’s special circle in hell for them.)

Sometimes it would be better to have no support than long phone queues, “dumb” people (Yeah, I know they are working from scripts!), or autobots that just fire back meaningless canned answers.

At least with the new web20s services, you can usually get to SOMEONE.

Argh!

The next round of email I included a screen shot where I MSPAINTed three big orange circles about the problem. (I’m getting pretty handy with that tactic!) That exchange ended with “we have a bug”! Yeah, DUH, you do! I think I said that. Double Argh.

I deliberately didn’t name the SERVICE since they are trying. Let’s give them some time to work before we award them a negative review. Fair is fair.

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JOBSEARCH: find your digital dirt first

Saturday, April 14, 2007

FROM AN EMAIL EXCHANGE WITH A FELLOW ALUM

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>I googled my name and your website came up.

It’s always a good idea to google yourself to find the “digital dirt” that’s out there. I counsel out of work execs to do it and get out in front anything there. Even if it’s not “you”, it has to be addressed.

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I even have search strings saved that post to special mail accounts that watch for the use of “my name”. How paranoid is that?

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INTERESTING: Booking your own private library

Friday, April 13, 2007

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0406/p11s03-algn.html

Booking your own private library
For a modest annual fee, book lovers can enjoy memberships at such venerable sanctums as the Boston Athenaeum.
By Teresa Méndez | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

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The Boston Athenaeum, dating back to 1807, is the country’s largest such institution, with 600,000 volumes (in addition to more than 500 pieces of art) and 5,000 members. Stepping through its red leather doors at 10-1/2 Beacon Street is a little like falling down Alice’s rabbit hole. Within the 12-story structure, now in the throes of its 200th birthday party, lies an elegant hodgepodge – part library, part museum, part gallery. There is little delineation between where one part leaves off and the next begins: Paintings hang in every room, busts are nestled between bookshelves, and the books themselves – colorful, leatherbound – are works of art.

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Amazing. I didn’t know this. A non gooferment library!

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RANT: Instead of wasting time on irrelevant shock jock

Friday, April 13, 2007

http://www.kansascity.com/159/story/66339.html

Posted on Wed, Apr. 11, 2007
Imus isn’t the real bad guy
Instead of wasting time on irrelevant shock jock, black leaders need to be fighting a growing gangster culture.
By JASON WHITLOCK
Columnist

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I don’t listen or watch Imus’ show regularly. Has he at any point glorified selling crack cocaine to black women? Has he celebrated black men shooting each other randomly? Has he suggested in any way that it’s cool to be a baby-daddy rather than a husband and a parent? Does he tell his listeners that they’re suckers for pursuing education and that they’re selling out their race if they do?

When Imus does any of that, call me and I’ll get upset. Until then, he is what he is — a washed-up shock jock who is very easy to ignore when you’re not looking to be made a victim.

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Here’s a fellow who nails why the RU women should have taken the high road imho.

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RANT: The Guv’s crash

Friday, April 13, 2007

Now, I don’t wish harm on anyone. And I pray for a speedy recovery … even if he is a socialist.

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070413/D8OFQRNG0.html

N.J. Governor Critical After SUV Crash
Apr 13, 12:19 PM (ET)
By GEOFF MULVIHILL

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CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) – Gov. Jon S. Corzine was apparently not wearing his seat belt as required by law when his official SUV crashed into a guard rail, leaving the governor hospitalized in critical condition, a spokesman said Friday.

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I guess his security detail won’t get any doughnuts for a while.

What was he doing in Atlantic City?

Why was he going to the RU – Imus meeting? Did he think that these ladies couldn’t take care of one old washed up guy? Perhaps, he was going as the chief law enforcement officer to protect Imus from RU?

(I suspect it was a photo op!)

I wonder if he will give himself a 46$ ticket.

No one has said how fast anyone was going. Speed limit is probably 65. Take a lot of energy to throw an suv like that.

I’ve ranted before about the state and its minions on the roads before. This is just another example of it.

Now the Guv’s detail is usually two cars and bunch of troopers. And, the white truck disappeared like the fellow on the grassy knoll. Maybe they’d just prefer him to get away so there’s be no conflicting stories. Hard to believe a pick up truck could escape a trooper chase car.

Was their video in any of the cars? Maybe there was some careless and reckless going on unrelated to the mythical white truck.

Why do we have a governor anyway?

Now we will hear the drumbeat of why we need a Looney Tennent Guv. It’s not like we don’t have spare politicians running around with nothing to do. Maybe we could get mcGreasy and Wittless to combine as a caretaker office of “governors past”. At least we get something for the obscene pension they are collecting.

And what’s wrong with Cody doing double duty? It’s not like there are separation of powers issues. Just pass around the rubber stamps as usual.

Any way, I wish the Guv a speedy recovery. I have more questions about Karla-gate that he can refuse to answer.

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TECH SERVICE: HIGHRISE a crm solution from 37signals

Friday, April 13, 2007

http://www.highrisehq.com/

Highrise

Your address book doesn’t do enough. Traditional CRM software tries to do too much. Highrise is the just-right solution.

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Your address book doesn’t do enough. Traditional CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software tries to do too much. That’s why we built Highrise. It’s the just-right, more thoughtful way to keep track of the people, conversations, and tasks that are the lifelines of your business.

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Well it ain’t cheap that’s for sure. Too steep for me.

I gave it a quick look and though that only VCFs in would be a problem.

But what do I know.

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RANT: RU cuts 6 teams including fencing

Friday, April 13, 2007

Good thing the Guv is OOC (Out Of Commission).

This morning’s “news” reported that RU cut 6 teams including fencing. “outraged” students and parents were looking for “gooferment action” to prevent it.

Hey, guess what, RU is the “gooferment”.

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RANT: Reading my spam comments

Friday, April 13, 2007

Pretty sad. But I read my spam comments on my blog. Sad, when the spammers are the nicest things I hear all day. :-) Clearly, “we” need a life and better system for securing the internet. Till then AKISMET does a very nice job of identifying the trash.

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INTERESTING: The long sought fat gene

Friday, April 13, 2007

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk
/health/article1647517.ece

From The Times
April 13, 2007
‘Fat’ gene found by scientists

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A gene that contributes to obesity has been identified for the first time, promising to explain why some people easily put on weight while others with similar lifestyles stay slim.

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Ahh to misquote Shakespeare, “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in ourselves, but in the genes”. Another double malted please!

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