Archive for October, 2002
Thursday, October 31st, 2002
Two years ago, the buzz phrase was "compassionate conservative." So, how has Dubya fared in that regard? According to Daniel Schorr:
He has enunciated a national strategy based on U.S. military dominance. He has divided the world between those who are with us and those who are against us. He has ...
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Wednesday, October 30th, 2002
I just couldn't resist getting in on this current blog wave.
There's some very insightful stuff in Googlism. Here's what it has to say about Tony:
tony is god
tony is a numb nut
tony is leading why did he double his spending
tony is a `hardcore soft drink guy'
tony is my hero
tony is the ...
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Wednesday, October 30th, 2002
Kasia gets it absolutely right with her thoughts on property rights as they relate to spammers. Spammers clearly do trespass on property for which I'm paying or have already paid. Even in real estate law, it's always quite wise to get an easement if you intend to regularly cross someone's ...
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Wednesday, October 30th, 2002
Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday that Office 11, which began beta testing last week, will not support their own operating systems prior to Windows 2000, SP 3. MS will also stop supporting Windows 98 and NT in June 2003. It's possible that as many as half of the business computers in ...
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Tuesday, October 29th, 2002
I had the chance to listen to some of the Paul Wellstone public memorial on NPR this evening. Though it was in the car and only for short periods of time, I was genuinely moved by the tributes of family and colleagues to those who died in Minnesota last week.
Paul ...
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Tuesday, October 29th, 2002
I've been sitting here laughing my ass off, rearranging faces on the Eric Myer Photography site. To the left is Aaron top, Monday bottom. Other interesting combinations - Aaron bottom, Petra top; Petra top, Michael bottom. This is hour after hour of really, really strange fun.
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Monday, October 28th, 2002
Sense a theme here? These are my top 10 search phrases for October:
redhat 8.0
redhat 8.0 install
install redhat 8.0
redhat 8.0 installation
redhat 8.0 kde
frankly i'd rather not
redhat 8.0 desktop
redhat 8.0 apache
red hat blue curve
redhat 8.0 multimedia
This wasn't just a few searches, either. These ten account for literally hundreds of search results that ...
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Sunday, October 27th, 2002
Florida State's football coach Bobby Bowden has a veritable knack for scratching his tonsils with his toes. Remeber, this was the guy who decided his team's battle cry should be "Let's Roll," an obvious exploitation of the passengers of United Flight 93. In his latest act of Bubba ignorance, he's ...
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Sunday, October 27th, 2002
Oh, yeah. I love it when MS'ers see the light of day and come into the Linux fold. I love it even more when what they see has enough value to raise the question, "I'm wondering if I should take formal training for Linux Administration." Sounds like a long-term commitment ...
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Sunday, October 27th, 2002
Gentoo is in, Gnome is working (temporarily without anti-aliasing) and the normal user problem is solved. Never let it be said that I whimper at a challenge.
I like what I see of the portage system so far. This isn't Debian or BSD, though it seems to have elements of both. ...
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