FUN: Interesting, imaginative visual, haunting words

Monday, May 21, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hsVICl7d8k&feature=colike

Published on May 17, 2012 by TaylorSwiftVEVO

Music video by Taylor Swift performing Eyes Open. (C) 2012 Big Machine Records, LLC.

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As an old “swiftie”, is this our heroine sending out a coded message to the faithful about her recent alleged bob job.

As a tin foil hat, I can read into anything.

How does one sleep with their eyes open?

LOL!

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Also, why is it “not  viewable from a mobile device”? Like an iPad? 

It the a deep plot by “VEVO” to get your to download their “free” IPAD app?

Does YouTube know they’re “stealing” their eyeballs and clicks?

Very interesting.

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MEME: Guilt blocks your smarts

Sunday, May 20, 2012

http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2012/04/how-to-be-less-stupid/

How to Be Less Stupid
Posted by James Altucher

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I’m really stupid. I can tell you in advance. I think at heart, if I work at it, I can be smart. But at the moment I’m largely an idiot. I feel I have the right knowledge but I let a lot of stuff get in the way. You know: “stuff”. Worries, guilt, paranoia, grudges, resentment. Like, for instance: I resent the people who resent me. I think they resent me for no reason. So now I resent them. What a circle-jerk!

I used to think when I added stuff to my brain I’d get smarter. But this is not true. For instance, if I look up when Charlemagne was born I’d just add a fact to my head which I will forget tomorrow. This won’t make me smarter. Subtraction, and not Addition, is what makes the window to the brain more clear, wipes away the smudges, opens the drapes.

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6)      Guilt. A good friend of mine wrote me recently. I should say, wrote me six weeks ago. Every day when I wake up I tell myself: don’t return emails until you read, then write. But then sometimes I have other things to do. Meetings. Or BS stuff. Or eating. I say, “ok, I will return that email later.” And then when later comes I feel bad that I haven’t returned his email earlier. Then at 3am I turn over and say to Claudia, “I didn’t return that email”. She says “Urgh…ushghsh…emmmm” which was not the answer I was looking for. Then I don’t sleep as much. Then I feel guilty. That takes away about 10% of my intelligence right there.

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Ahh, yes, I feel guilt.

Everyone says I have nothing to be guilty about.

That still doesn’t change how I feel.

Argh!

What do they know?

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MEME: Specifically

Saturday, May 19, 2012

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/02/nine_things_successful_people.html?goback=.gde_1141097_member_114042212

Nine Things Successful People Do Differently

8:58 AM Friday February 25, 2011
by Heidi Grant Halvorson 

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Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? If you aren’t sure, you are far from alone in your confusion. It turns out that even brilliant, highly accomplished people are pretty lousy when it comes to understanding why they succeed or fail. The intuitive answer — that you are born predisposed to certain talents and lacking in others — is really just one small piece of the puzzle. In fact, decades of research on achievement suggests that successful people reach their goals not simply because of who they are, but more often because of what they do.

1. Get specific. When you set yourself a goal, try to be as specific as possible. “Lose 5 pounds” is a better goal than “lose some weight,” because it gives you a clear idea of what success looks like. Knowing exactly what you want to achieve keeps you motivated until you get there. Also, think about the specific actions that need to be taken to reach your goal. Just promising you’ll “eat less” or “sleep more” is too vague — be clear and precise. “I’ll be in bed by 10pm on weeknights” leaves no room for doubt about what you need to do, and whether or not you’ve actually done it.

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Seems simple enough. Be specific. And as specific as possible. I read that color is important. So I want ANOTHER blue FIT. This one that drives itself back and forth between NJ and VA. ROFL!

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FUN: ferd-ism — Remember “work” is dirty and sweaty; what we get paid to do, really can’t be called “work”.

Friday, May 18, 2012

Very Zen. But needs shortening.

“dirty and sweaty, work is; play, all else is”

That’s sounds like a Pennsylvania Dutch version of Yoda.

Any Zen-ites who can translate?

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MEME: Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition?

Thursday, May 17, 2012

http://www.parablesite.com/

#1

The Obstacle in our Path

In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the kirig’s wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way. Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant learned what many of us never understand. Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.

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Very Zen?

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JOBFINDING: NYC SE AD to Unix and Linux

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

05/16/12 11:21 AM

Greetings Ferdinand

My name is Mike Keneally and I am reaching out to you from Mitchell Martin, Inc. Our client, a major financial firm in midtown Manhattan is looking for a Systems Engineer to lead the expansion of the Active Directory authentication platform services to Unix/Linux non-Windows based platforms.

Location: Midtown Manhattan

Term: 1+ years (expect long term engagement)

Rate: Commensurate with experience (No 3rd parties please)

Responsibilities:

Experienced with platform migration and Unix bridge solutions adoption
Proven delivery & technical problem-solving skills
Experienced with Active Directory-based authentication and authorization
Strong O/S skills (Windows 2008 R2 & Red-Hat Linux preferred)
Knowledge of naming & directory services leveraged by Unix systems (LDAP, NIS)
Experience of securitization & privilege-access management on Unix platforms
Familiarity with defining & implementing role-based access rights
Experience of automation of privilege access management

Requirements:

Large global infrastructure integration experience with disparate platforms
5-10 years AD Engineering experience
5-10 years Unix/Linux skills
Process mapping and workflow engineering (user provisioning, service delivery)
Familiarity with industry tools for AD – based authentication and authorization
Migration and platform adoption of AD based auth services

There are more specifics to the role which I would be happy to further discuss with you.

If you are qualified, available, interested, planning to make a change, or know of a friend who might have the required qualifications and interest, please email me at mkeneally@itmmi.com, even if we have spoken recently about a different position.

 I would also be happy to discuss our Referral Program with you. If you know of anyone with this background it would be much appreciated and our team pays a generous referral program. For consulting placements we pay $10 a day for each billable day and for permanent placements we pay $3,000 paid after 120 days of work. This is a great way to make thousands in extra cash, and help out a friend, colleague, or associate! We are keen on networking and establishing a long-term, mutually beneficial partnership with you!

I hope all is well and I look forward to hearing from you!

Kind Regards,

Mike Keneally

Mitchell Martin Inc.

307 West 38th Street, Suite 1305

New York, NY 10018

Tel: (646) 723-7382 [Call: (646) 723-7382]

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: I don’t understand how the “dead” vote?

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru8pfv2MG7I&feature=colike

NewsBusted 5/11/12
Topics:
–Labor Force
–Dead Voters
–Obama Girlfriend
–Physicians
–Newt Gingrich
–South Carolina Teacher
–Jewish Voters
–Florida Gynecologist

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It seems like every time I fart, some one in the Gooferment is noting it.

For example, my wife wasn’t even dead one day and the Social Security Admin had automagically reached into her bank account and pulled back their last social security check. (Not even pro-rated for the 26/28 days of the month that she lived.) The speed amazed everyone in the family.

So why can’t the voting rolls be purged just as quickly?

The corrupt power structure likes the mess just fine.

It’s for the same reason you have to show id to get on an airline, but not to vote.

Mad yet?

If not, joint he Tea Party. If not, go back to sleep because you’re “We, The Sheeple” and part of the problem.

See the problem is not the politicians and bureaucrats robbing us blind. We know them. We can see them! Like Madame DeFarge, we’ve marked them. 

It’s “We, The Sheeple”. They are the problem. Sleepwalking through life. Oblivious to their patriotic duty to the Republic.

Like that supposed quote … “a Republic, if you can keep it.”

Argh!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Minnesota taxpayer “raped”!

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/viking-raid-minn-senate-approves-plan-to-subsidize
-new-football-stadium-with-half-a-billion-tax-dollars/

Business Viking Raid: Minn. Senate Approves Plan to Subsidize New Football Stadium With Half a Billion Tax Dollars
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 8:30pm by Becket Adams Becket Adams

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP/The Blaze) — The Minnesota Vikings moved to within a governor’s signature of getting a new $975 million stadium on Thursday after the state Senate approved a plan that relies on $498 million taxpayers dollars.

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Disgraceful!

What else can one say?

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MEME: Often stats can show where our memes and paradigms are wrong

Monday, May 14, 2012

A MESSAGE SNIPPET FROM A EMIL EXCHANGE WITH LUDDITE:

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0216 is what time I wrote it. (Meaning the message,)

No, I just haven’t slept through the night in many years. The new doc is not happy with that and the sweats and other “symptoms”. So I am keeping a log for him.

I attribute the problems sleeping to the last six years of “training”. You might remember that EVY would say I would sleep through an atomic attack. As she got sicker, I “taught”my self to be a light sleeper and wake up often.

Like putting the cellphone on vibrate and have it alarm every thirty minutes. Slept with it rubber banded to my hand. That was so I could check her for low sugar during the night.

Rofl! How dumb was that?

Now I can’t sleep without a light on. When she would be in hospital (working with Brit and for a Brit i the past has rubbed off a little. Bloody hell!)

Any way, about the light on, when she was in the hospital, I began to sleep with the light on to remind me that she wasn’t there. This after a couple off times in a panic when she was NOT there and didn’t answer when I called her. Followed by a furious race around the house to “find” her. Quite funny really. Why would someone look in a cupboard? Or, another time, in my skivvies, checking the cars. Lucky I didn’t get arrested as a pervert. Anyway, you KNOW how crazed I was in those days. So, I started that habit and continue it to this days.

Like every room has to have a night light after the time she tripped over her blanket going to the bathroom.

Looks like Christmas lights around the house. Good thing they have sensors.

I have several techniques to get back to sleep as outlined in various self help books.

One is called “clearing”. The theory is that in trying to go back to sleep, you clear by writing any thinking that’s on your mind at that time. Some of my short stories are the result of that. If you’re “trying” to sleep, you might be afraid you’ll forget and the Universe keeps you awake so you don’t

[Privacy invoked]

And you’ve read my book and my blog so you know more about my paradigms and memes than I do about yours. Lol! Probably more than you want to know about a very very strange fellow!!!

[Privacy Invoked]

Most times when I’m upset about something if I actually gather data, I find my perception (paradigm) is flawed. In size, amount, impact, or other measures.

Statistic is an interesting discipline because usual human paradigms and memes are just plain wrong!

PS, look for this as a blog post!

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On Monday, May 14, 2012, LUDDITE wrote:

What’s this 0216 crap? Did I cause you to lose sleep? I know you said you have trouble…maybe when I get up there I will have to bring some sleep tips.

Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 2:16 AM
Subject: @0200 peridot — two am thinking about your work issues and “load”

LUDDITE,

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INTERESTING: “Ineptocracy” sparks thinking about “National Negative Feedback Loop”

Monday, May 14, 2012

FROM LUDITE:

Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.

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Hmm, is getting smarter or finding new sources of wisdom on the inet to parrot? 

This sparks me to try an alternative definition of “negative feedback loop”. Ingineers use these to “damp” down oscillations and prevent “runaways” aka “positive feedback loop”.

Here goes:

“National negative feedback loop for productivity and wealth creation: A situation where the balance of producers and consumers tips to consumption. The political class gains advantage by promising more consumption for consumes by robbing the wealth of the producers. Producers, being the more intelligent and productive members of the “hive” recognize that they are getting <synonym for the past tense of the procreation act> and “damp” their productivity to a level sufficient for their own needs. This deprives society of the capital necessary to improve the capital stock of society as a whole. Think the “king” orders the “seed corn” be made into bread for distribution at the circuses. Clearly a downward spiral in entropy. This can only be broken by a catastrophe. A national revolution that wipes out the political class and replaces it with more enlightened “rulers” (e.g., French Revolution). A natural disaster such as Rome burns. Human evolution develops a new releases of “homo sapiens” that is hardier than the current release and “pushes out” the old version of humans (i.e., Rome is sacked by the Barbarians). “We, The Sheeple” rise up in a tax revolt (i.e., the Tea Party).”

Hmmmmmmm?

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