Thanks for the downward mod bomb AC asshole. (Downmods in my own JEs?) It'll take more than that to shut me up though. My purpose here is just to talk about whatever I feel like. ESPECIALLY the less popular views (only on /.) I hold: (George W. Bush is an ass, I like Linux, I don't care for Microsoft's business practices or software, I like GNU, I'm not a liberal but I have liberal views, I am not a "commie" but I believe that there is a point where the right to make a p

Just some mental noodling about music here:

I really wish I understood why the American music scene is so horribly dead. There are a few acts here or there that are decent, but you really have to dig deep. And as far as an electronica presence goes, we are WAY behind Europe and the UK.

Interesting bit from http://www.aladdin.com/

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THE IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM

By Dr. Lawrence Britt
Free Inquiry Magazine / Spring 2003

This entry was spurred on by a question from Azghoul in this thread.

In my daily commute to work and on weekends out to the shops, I often wonder... has everyone forgotten their driving school lessons?

Of course Slashdot has the ability to ban by IP address if a user's posts get moderated negatively in a short period of time, but how far are they willing to go to reveal the identity of a user? How are they willing to use the IP address info (and possibly user id) to prevent abuse?

It's depressing to see people who take everything so seriously. Especially on /. I remember way back in the day (1997) with my first /. account, I used to read /. pretty much for the fun interaction that was had by all. There was lots of good natured trolling and plenty of pranks. The people who took everything *SOOOO SERIOUSLY* were just a minority. Of course there were times to take things seriously, but that was pretty infrequent,

I know I'm not the only one who's been thinking about the topic of file systems and computers. But recently I got a pretty good parallel in the real world to compare file systems with and why so many regular users have trouble with computers.

I read Rob Enderle's slash and burn piece on "Linux Zealots" today and posted this response:

STUPID FUCKING /. FUCKED ME OVER. I posted a particularly well written JE earlier today that I worked on for a good hour and a half. Well, I clicked the submit button and it APPEARED to work. But it didn't because when I checked back later, it WASN'T HERE!!! FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!!!!! If I ever get inspired to rewrite the whole thing over again, you might see it. But for now, this is a big FUCK YOU to the problems I've been having with /. as of late. Have

In light of the fact that the Do Not Call list has been successfully delayed, my wife and I have taken a new approach with telemarketers and we'd like to spread the idea around to other folks.