Posts from — September 2004

Longhorn to put squeeze on gadgets. The next version of Windows will let companies block access to iPods and other tiny storage devices, News.com has learned. [CNET News.com] [A blog doesn't need a clever name]

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hmmph, figures. it isn't like they need to do this, it is that they think controling the user is what their customers want… but who is the customer here?

nice cut.

this is cool.

open access journals. Directory of open access journals” href=”http://www.doaj.org/expand”> Directory of open access journals is hosted by the University of Lund (Sweden) library and lists academic journals that have an open access policy. This means that they do not charge for subscription,… [Vlog 2.1]

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reposting adrians post cause it is a good posting.

this has to be the lowest of the low. this is a horribly wrong thing to do. it is like they can control it, and we know bushies have ties, but why say things like this.

Dreamhost is Having a Sale. Overall I’m pretty happy with my hosting company, Dreamhost. Tech support is very friendly, and responds to most requests within the promised 24 hours. I’ve asked for a ton of Perl modules and they have installed them all, globally, within a day and without demur—except for one, and they gave me good reasons why they didn’t want to do that, plus gave me something of a hint how to install it locally. Uptime is not 100%, but it has improved a lot from ten months ago, to the point where downtime is increasingly rare and increasingly brief. (Oh, I hope I’m not jinxing anything by saying that.) Server response is fast sometimes, and decent, but not spectacular, at peak hours. But then I’m not paying for a dedicated server. Instead I’m paying $20/month and sharing my machine with a lot of people. I would not recommend cheap, shared hosting at Dreamhost for a mission-critical application, but it’s a very good deal for a blog. Their cheapest deal is less than $10/month if you only run one domain; I had to spring for $20 because I run several. Hosting a number of different domains off one account is where Dreamhost excels:… [Discourse.net]

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i use dreamhost, and specifically the codemonster plan.

Why I'm Glad I Use an All-Female OBGYN Practice. The President of the United States explains the facts of life (windows media video). (Via Atrios.)… [Kathryn Cramer]

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very disappointing….. the president just doesn't understand the world at all.

A Day in the Life of Joe Middle-Class Republican. This is priceless; add it to the annals of false consciousness studies. [The Leiter Reports: Editorials, News, Updates]

http://tvnewslies.org/Day_in_The_Life_Of_Joe_Middle1.pdf

Joe gets up at 6:00am to prepare his morning coffee. He fills his pot full of good clean drinking water because some liberal fought for minimum water quality standards. He takes his daily medication with his first swallow of coffee. His medications are safe to take because some liberal fought to insure their safety and work as advertised.

All but $10.00 of his medications are paid for by his employers medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance, now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs this day. Joeâs bacon is safe to eat because some liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.

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Its noon time, Joe needs to make a Bank Deposit so he can pay some bills. Joeâs deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some liberal wanted to protect Joeâs money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the depression.

Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae underwritten Mortgage and his below market federal student loan because some stupid liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his life-time.

Joe is home from work, he plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive to dads; his car is among the safest in the world because some liberal fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. He was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers Home Administration because bankers didnât want to make rural loans. The house didnât have electric until some big government liberal stuck his nose where it didnât belong and demanded rural electrification. (Those rural Republicanâs would still be sitting in the dark)

He is happy to see his dad who is now retired. His dad lives on Social Security and his union pension because some liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldnât have to. After his visit with dad he gets back in his car for the ride home.
He turns on a radio talk show, the hostâs keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. (He doesnât tell Joe that his beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day)  Joe agrees, ãWe donât need those big government liberals ruining our lives; after all, Iâm a self made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I haveä.

[A blog doesn't need a clever name]

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who gives the goodlife, and who gives it to rich people

Right…. It feels good to be home. I seem like I'm no longer running around in someone else's nightmare. I have moveabletype, and I can construct my own little nightmares all by my self… now is the time for configuration…. [Words - big ones and little ones...]

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until he breaks it. not that it isn't broken already mind you, but when he gets it to be beyond servicable, say…. 3 weeks or so, but no longer than 5 months more or less.

Government Open Source Policies. The efforts include measures to investigate open-source software or give it preference in purchasing decisions, according to a draft study published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The tally indicates some success by open-source advocates promoting the programming… [InternetPolicy.net]

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some is better than none, but there is no critical mass.