JESUS! Apparently he lives in Florida. I'm not kidding, this guy thinks he's Jesus. Jesus is Puerto Rican. The funniest thing is his nickname. "Daddy." ??? Ai Papi!
The guy killed two police officers. Nothing funny about that. The guy should get the death penalty. But the picture of this guy is so bad. I mean, the guy is wearing telescopes for glasses. Holy cow, he must be freaking blind. I'd be a cop-killer too if I had to wear those things.
Apophis is coming to destroy the Earth, just like the TV show Stargate SG-1. It was actually named by two fans. You know, we've known about Apophis for like 2 years (at least I've known). I read it in an astronomy magazine. So why is it the UN's business? What is the UN going to do? Write it a letter? Yeah, that'll save the Earth. Hey, I got an idea! What if we made us a bunch of superheroes? They could fly into space and divert the asteroid themselves. That'd be a lot cheaper and probably more effective. Actually, we won't know Apophis will collide (for certain) with us until 2026 or something.
Showing posts with label technology rant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology rant. Show all posts
Monday, February 19, 2007
Friday, December 29, 2006
It's so quiet...
You may have noticed there's no title for this entry. Well, there's a reason. I'm batting 0-2 today with electronics. It started even before I got in to work today. I put my iPod in my jacket pocket before exiting my car like always. As I'm getting out the iPod takes a small drop onto the ground. I haven't even gotten out of the car, my legs are just swung over. Eh, not the first time I've dropped it and it's in its case so not a big deal. While still sitting down I pick up the iPod and put it back in my jacket. When I stood up it fell out again (oh yeah) but this time from waist height.
The second instance was fixing my coworker's battery charger for his camera. Checked the coils, they're OK (took me two weeks to find the tools to do this) so I replaced the fuse. I checked it with the charger disassembled, only the plugs remained, and it worked. Light comes on, OK so it's charging. Take it off and reassemble, check it once more. Light does not come on. Crap. Disassemble and check fuse again. Nope, still good but to be on the safe side, replace it. I got a four pack of fuses. Still doesn't light up. Oh well, he needs it and he has a replacement charger anyway it just takes longer to charge. Fine, reassemble with the warning 'theortically it works' because he doesn't know if the battery is already charged and doesn't remember if the light goes out anyway when the battery's fully charged.
So back to why there's no title. I tried something different for the month of December, all of my titles were song titles that I got off of my iPod. Put iPod on shuffle and press play. Title that pops up, use as title in blog. No iPod, no title.
The hard reset of the iPod isn't working, but I'm hoping that plugging it back into my laptop (at home) will reset it. I'd hate for this thing to be broken (again). This will be my 6th iPod in less than 3 years. Granted I started out on a 20GB which broke twice. Second time it broke I bought the 60GB. That broke within a month, got a new one. That one broke 6 months later, but they were able to fix it. I also got a 1GB iPod Shuffle that I was using for when I exercised. The 4G 60GB iPod is just too big to lug around the weight room.
I'm optimist about the idea that the iPod isn't really broken and the charger that 'theortically should work' actually works. I'd hate to end 2006 in such a low electronics note.
You may have noticed there's no title for this entry. Well, there's a reason. I'm batting 0-2 today with electronics. It started even before I got in to work today. I put my iPod in my jacket pocket before exiting my car like always. As I'm getting out the iPod takes a small drop onto the ground. I haven't even gotten out of the car, my legs are just swung over. Eh, not the first time I've dropped it and it's in its case so not a big deal. While still sitting down I pick up the iPod and put it back in my jacket. When I stood up it fell out again (oh yeah) but this time from waist height.
The second instance was fixing my coworker's battery charger for his camera. Checked the coils, they're OK (took me two weeks to find the tools to do this) so I replaced the fuse. I checked it with the charger disassembled, only the plugs remained, and it worked. Light comes on, OK so it's charging. Take it off and reassemble, check it once more. Light does not come on. Crap. Disassemble and check fuse again. Nope, still good but to be on the safe side, replace it. I got a four pack of fuses. Still doesn't light up. Oh well, he needs it and he has a replacement charger anyway it just takes longer to charge. Fine, reassemble with the warning 'theortically it works' because he doesn't know if the battery is already charged and doesn't remember if the light goes out anyway when the battery's fully charged.
So back to why there's no title. I tried something different for the month of December, all of my titles were song titles that I got off of my iPod. Put iPod on shuffle and press play. Title that pops up, use as title in blog. No iPod, no title.
The hard reset of the iPod isn't working, but I'm hoping that plugging it back into my laptop (at home) will reset it. I'd hate for this thing to be broken (again). This will be my 6th iPod in less than 3 years. Granted I started out on a 20GB which broke twice. Second time it broke I bought the 60GB. That broke within a month, got a new one. That one broke 6 months later, but they were able to fix it. I also got a 1GB iPod Shuffle that I was using for when I exercised. The 4G 60GB iPod is just too big to lug around the weight room.
I'm optimist about the idea that the iPod isn't really broken and the charger that 'theortically should work' actually works. I'd hate to end 2006 in such a low electronics note.
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
get over it
Working in the intelligence community I often feel that the government is too "big brother" and imposes standards like wanting to remove a bullet from my head. Yeah, it's a real invasion of my civil rights. Uh-huh. Like going to the dentist. It sets a dangerous precendent. Again, yeah, evidence that may convict or exonorate someone lays logged in their skull and it's a bad thing. Illegal search and seizure? It's a bullet in a skull, if that doesn't scream pull me out I don't know what does. I'm sure this is exactly the situation our forefathers were thinking when they drafted the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Hmm, a government foul up again huh? Apparently the federal assisted school aid program needs working on. So if the formula used guarantees a minimum for small (population) states, how can it be that the small states get more than the bigger states? How exactly does that work out? Look, I'm not opposed to the fact that states that spend more on education should receive more from the federal government in this case. More kids, more money needed. Very simple. I'm just saying that this aid money shouldn't be spent on someone's salary that sits in an office all day stamping paperwork. That's not the point of the program. Yeah, administration plays a necessary role in education but this poster sums up my thoughts of this sentence.
The point of the program is to help kids that otherwise can't help themselves. Yeah sure I think it's an adult issue and the parents are to blame, but just because I feel that way doesn't mean the kid has to suffer.
Gads. The robots are taking over. Next thing you know, they'll want equal rights. Well screw that, if they get that advanced it'll be Terminator all over. Ha, if the robots download that movie and create a robot in the image of Arnold Schwarzenegger designed to kill us, that'd be irony.
Hmm, a government foul up again huh? Apparently the federal assisted school aid program needs working on. So if the formula used guarantees a minimum for small (population) states, how can it be that the small states get more than the bigger states? How exactly does that work out? Look, I'm not opposed to the fact that states that spend more on education should receive more from the federal government in this case. More kids, more money needed. Very simple. I'm just saying that this aid money shouldn't be spent on someone's salary that sits in an office all day stamping paperwork. That's not the point of the program. Yeah, administration plays a necessary role in education but this poster sums up my thoughts of this sentence.
The point of the program is to help kids that otherwise can't help themselves. Yeah sure I think it's an adult issue and the parents are to blame, but just because I feel that way doesn't mean the kid has to suffer.Gads. The robots are taking over. Next thing you know, they'll want equal rights. Well screw that, if they get that advanced it'll be Terminator all over. Ha, if the robots download that movie and create a robot in the image of Arnold Schwarzenegger designed to kill us, that'd be irony.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
phone ettiquette
Last night I had one of the best conversations on the phone, ever. If you own this phone number, I'm talking about you: 612-588-0064. So I get a call at 10:23pm and I answer, "This is Dan."
The guy is belligerent and starts going off about how this (my phone number) is his mom's and I must've kidnapped her. He asks me all these personal questions, but I make up some of the answers but tell him truthful things about me. Still, he's convinced that I've kidnapped his mom that really is of no value to me or anyone really. She's old, like 72 or something. He's still convinced that I've got her locked up in my trunk and that I'm holding her for ransom, I've tried to explain to him that I don't have his mom that she means nothing to me and that logically speaking there are several reasons how she wouldn't be answering the phone all of which do not involve kidnapping/extortion/ransom. Still, he doesn't believe me and asks me if his mom's OK. To which I reply that I don't know, probably. He says he's got me locked in on GPS and knows that I'm lying. I don't know exactly how a GPS could tell him that but I guess it's one of those new features.
Basically the call lasts 16 minutes and ends when I tell him I'm approaching traffic and need to get off the phone. Which he hangs up and that's the end.
The guy is belligerent and starts going off about how this (my phone number) is his mom's and I must've kidnapped her. He asks me all these personal questions, but I make up some of the answers but tell him truthful things about me. Still, he's convinced that I've kidnapped his mom that really is of no value to me or anyone really. She's old, like 72 or something. He's still convinced that I've got her locked up in my trunk and that I'm holding her for ransom, I've tried to explain to him that I don't have his mom that she means nothing to me and that logically speaking there are several reasons how she wouldn't be answering the phone all of which do not involve kidnapping/extortion/ransom. Still, he doesn't believe me and asks me if his mom's OK. To which I reply that I don't know, probably. He says he's got me locked in on GPS and knows that I'm lying. I don't know exactly how a GPS could tell him that but I guess it's one of those new features.
Basically the call lasts 16 minutes and ends when I tell him I'm approaching traffic and need to get off the phone. Which he hangs up and that's the end.
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