Sorry I was gone for so long folks, but a multitude of more important things (such as school) took over my life, but I'm back and slowly putting stuff back up (such as all the web sites I hosted). It's going to be a slow process, but I finally made the complete switch to Debian 3.0r1 (:

I probably won't be actively commenting just yet, but I shall be around, you can count on that.

I not only have almost finished reading Just For Fun: The Story of An Accidental Revolutionary one day after it arriving at my house via UPS, I have taken it upon myself to email Linus (via my LUG's email addy) to ask for a sort of mini-interview as I prepare for a speech I'm giving in one of my college classes (which, interestingly enough, is called Fundamentals of Speech (aka public speaking)) and which I might reuse at the LUG's next meeting at our local Waffle House on 13 September 2003.

I write funny comments in my Perl programs.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#mmmm....pi

$circumfrence = 2 * 3.141592654;
$radius = 12.5;

print $circumfrence * $radius . "\n";

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#pi good

$circumfrence = 2 * 3.141592654;
chomp($radius = );

print $circumfrence * $radius . "\n";

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#When come back, bring pi

$circumfrence = 2 * 3.141592654;
chomp($radius = );
$circle = $circumfrence * $radius;

if ($radius 0) {
print "The radius of the circle is 0\n";
} else {
print $circle . " is the radius of the cirlce\n";
}

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#I have a feeling the answer will be 42

print "I have a feeling the answer will be 42!\n";
print "Please input the first number:";
$first_num =;
print "Please input the second number:";
$second_num = ;
$answer = $first_num * $second_num;

if ($answer != 42) {
print "Actually, the answer is $answer\n";
} else {
print "See! The answer is 42!\n";
}

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#So, how many towels do you have?

print "Please enter a word here: ";
$name = ;
print "Please enter a number here: ";
$number = ;
print $name x $number;

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#Hard coded math action!

print 2 + 3 x 100 * 3 . "\n" . "\t" x2 . 5 * 4 x 20 . "\n";
$math = 2 + 3 x 100;
$multiply = $math * 3;
print $multiply . "\n" . "\t" x 2 . 5 * 4 x 20 . "\n";

#More Chapter 2 Coding goodness!
chomp($name = alex);
if ($name gt 'fred') {
print "'$name' comes after 'fred in sorted order.\n";
} else {
print "'$name' does not come after 'fred'.\n";
print "Maybe it's the same string, in fact.\n";
}

#Shorter example?
$is_bigger = $name gt 'fred';
if ($is_bigger) { print "'$name' is greater than 'fred'.\n"; }

#Doing the opposite!
if (! $is_bigger) {
print "You idiot, '$name' isn't even close!\n";
}

#taking standard input!
$line = ;
if ($line eq "\n") {
print "That was just a blank line!\n";
} else {
print "That line of input was: $line";
}

#An example of chomp!

#Commented out to show refinement
#$text = "a line of text\n";
#chomp($text);
#print $text;

chomp($text = );
print $text;

#while we were out... ;)
$count = 0;
while ($count 10) {
$count += 1;
print "The count is now $count\n";
}

#undef, you are nothing to me.

$n = 1;
while ($n 10) {
$sum += $n;
$n +=2;
}
print "The total was $sum.\n";

#Lady Madonna, child processes at her feet!
$madonna = ;
if ( defined($madonna) ) {
print "The input was $madonna";
} else {
print "No input available!\n";
}

Tomorrow I begin Lists and Arrays!

Well, it was bound to happen. Jamie's parents now know about me.

Some of you might say, "But didn't they know about you from the start?" To this I can smack you with the +20 clue-by-four of understanding typed English.

Now the others might say "Why didn't they know about you from the start?" To this I can bestow upon you the mantel of knowledge.

They didn't know about me becase her parents have a thing about online romances. Because of one bad decision Jamie made in the past, she's fearful of present day consequences if she reveals that I am in fact not a CS major at her college (CSU). Those consequences being loss of phone and computer privledges even though she is 19. Also mail, if discovered, would be confiscated. So basically we would lose touch with each other. That is unacceptable to both of us, but the knowledge of the lie has my guts in knots. My parents know about Jamie. They know when she calls, they've answered the phone several times. They have no problem with the fact she lives in Colorado and that we spend hours on the phone. I'm more then sure they realize there is somehting more then friendship brewing between us and they are okay with that, despite I've made more then one bad decision in the past. I also understand that Jamie is her parents daughter and as such they'll protect her more, but at the same time, she's an adult.

I no longer know what to think. To say I was confused would be an understatement. Almost instantly I felt myself disconnect from all reality. Immediately I reexamined everything that has come to pass. I still care for her so deeply it hurts. But this whole situation, the lie. It has me on the verge of tears. If you can't understand why, I have a clue-by-four with your name on it. To be fair though I'll spell it out. I'm now in a position where if I ever speak to her parents (which I eventually want to do, I would love to meet her parents), I will have to keep up a lie about going to school in a place I know nothing about except what's on the web (which admittedly won't be much for a non-student). I could always turn the conversation to another subject, I'm rather good at that at times, but there are only so many times they'll allow themselves to be lead on to another subject. These aren't dumb people.

I don't know what to think right now, except that I need some time to think. Sometimes, I think I'm too rational. This new honest and open me is causing more unforeseen problems then before. Perhaps it's time to reload my thought matrix.

I most likely won't be online or at home this weekend. I might, or might not. I don't know yet.

Or is this ironic?

# 2001-02-24 09:58:58 New E-zine Or Just Same Old Story? (articles,games) (rejected)
# 2001-11-19 21:41:51 Freedom Online and Elsewhere (articles,censorship) (rejected)
# 2001-11-25 23:56:39 Virtual Astronomy (articles,news) (accepted)
# 2002-01-15 02:41:20 DarkMatter ShmarkMatter, it's all in the Genes (science,news) (rejected)
# 2002-01-15 03:24:12 Black Holes, Gravity, and Other Interesting Articl (science,news) (rejected)
# 2002-01-29 16:10:28 Everquest Economics (articles,news) (rejected)
# 2002-01-31 01:34:35 And In This Corner... (science,science) (rejected)
# 2002-03-30 16:35:25 Installing Apache and It's effect on Win32 TCP/IP (askslashdot,apache) (rejected)
# 2002-10-22 06:13:01 Upgrading Apache 1.3.22 to 1.3.27 (askslashdot,apache) (rejected)
# 2002-11-04 04:34:15 PawPet Funday Show (articles,humor) (rejected)
# 2002-12-13 19:11:19 Using Allow,Deny for Access Control Under Apache 1 (askslashdot,apache) (rejected)
# 2002-12-14 02:46:50 European re-Union? (articles,news) (rejected)
# 2002-12-16 23:46:48 Browser Based Banner Ad Blocking (articles,mozilla) (rejected)
# 2002-12-24 19:23:52 Top 10 Space Science Images of 2002 (articles,science) (accepted)
# 2002-12-26 19:30:58 Top 10 Space Mysteries for 2003 (articles,news) (rejected)
# 2003-01-03 04:28:51 Size Really Does Matter (articles,news) (rejected)
# 2003-01-04 07:54:36 Google...l33t enough? (articles,news) (rejected)
# 2003-01-09 00:30:09 Hey, Who's Face Is That In My Song? (articles,news) (rejected)
# 2003-01-09 22:08:27 Suing The Government (askslashdot,doj) (rejected)
# 2003-01-14 19:07:08 Visiting the Big Bang (articles,science) (accepted)
# 2003-01-23 04:55:57 McDonalds Found Not Guilty (articles,news) (rejected)
# 2003-01-28 02:51:50 Protecting Web Site Structure/Content With Open So (askslashdot,security) (rejected)
# 2003-01-30 23:12:54 Help is Just a Click Away (articles,linux) (rejected)
# 2003-03-04 00:45:19 Daylighting - Helping to Reduce Energy Consumption (articles,usa) (rejected)
# 2003-03-07 21:21:46 ext3 and Debian r0 3.0 "woody" (askslashdot,debian) (rejected)
# 2003-03-07 22:53:41 Got Game? (articles,games) (rejected)
# 2003-03-08 22:06:13 Linux 1992 (articles,linux) (rejected)
# 2003-03-17 17:21:14 BESS Denies Access to Slashdot (yro,censorship) (rejected)
# 2003-04-03 17:03:49 Duke Nukem Forever Released! (Finally) (games,news) (rejected)
# 2003-04-06 04:45:53 Finding Old Crushes (askslashdot,privacy)
# 2003-04-06 17:58:13 asciipr0n.com Goes Offline Due To Slashdotting (articles,news) (rejected)
# 2003-04-09 15:57:49 Fusion Power Becomes Reality (articles,science) (rejected)

If you are going to reject my most recent askslashdot, just go ahead and do it you goddamned bastards. This fucking limbo of knowing whether or not you'll post it is PISSING ME THE FUCK OFF.

And to be honest, right now I don't give two shits anymore. I've given up the search because it's pointless.

Yes, I did indeed leave. I had a forced weeks vacation from even using the computer, but I am back and still pissed at Elitists everywhere.

Got RedHat Linux 7.2 installed and working perfectly, but all of a sudden normal users have been disallowed from using /dev/dsp! WTF?! I need my music!

Linux: 1
Me: 0

(Yes, it was reset, get over it)

For all you fans who thought that 3D Realms would never release DukeNukem Forever, hold on to your pants because they've just released it!! You heard me right. According to the article at 3D Realms' website DukeNukem Forever is out! A qoutable bit from the article: " Well, we've said for a long time that we would not release any info on Duke Nukem Forever until it was time. Well, it's time. We're proud to announce the release of Duke Nukem Forever for the most classic of gaming systems - the Atari 2600!"

I get rejected for submitting good, news worthy and non-duplicate items and get rejected only for one of two things to happen.

1. Someone else submits the story later and gets the credit (same story, nearly identical wording too)
2. The /. Editors resort to posting duplicate stories

There should be a built in way to prevent the same articles from going up more then once seeing as the manual method is too error prone.

And damnit CmdrTaco, the sig needs to be 200-250 characters. That 120 character limit is bs.

Here are your recent submissions to Slashdot, and their status within the system:

        * 2001-02-24 09:58:58 New E-zine Or Just Same Old Story? (articles,games) (rejected)
        * 2001-11-19 21:41:51 Freedom Online and Elsewhere (articles,censorship) (rejected)
        * 2001-11-25 23:56:39 Virtual Astronomy (articles,news) (accepted)
        * 2002-01-15 02:41:20 DarkMatter ShmarkMatter, it's all in the Genes (science,news) (rejected)
        * 2002-01-15 03:24:12 Black Holes, Gravity, and Other Interesting Articl (science,news) (rejected)
        * 2002-01-29 16:10:28 Everquest Economics (articles,news) (rejected)
        * 2002-01-31 01:34:35 And In This Corner... (science,science) (rejected)
        * 2002-03-30 16:35:25 Installing Apache and It's effect on Win32 TCP/IP (askslashdot,apache) (rejected)
        * 2002-10-22 06:13:01 Upgrading Apache 1.3.22 to 1.3.27 (askslashdot,apache) (rejected)
        * 2002-11-04 04:34:15 PawPet Funday Show (articles,humor) (rejected)
        * 2002-12-13 19:11:19 Using Allow,Deny for Access Control Under Apache 1 (askslashdot,apache) (rejected)
        * 2002-12-14 02:46:50 European re-Union? (articles,news) (rejected)
        * 2002-12-16 23:46:48 Browser Based Banner Ad Blocking (articles,mozilla) (rejected)
        * 2002-12-24 19:23:52 Top 10 Space Science Images of 2002 (articles,science) (accepted)
        * 2002-12-26 19:30:58 Top 10 Space Mysteries for 2003 (articles,news) (rejected)
        * 2003-01-03 04:28:51 Size Really Does Matter (articles,news) (rejected)
        * 2003-01-04 07:54:36 Google...l33t enough? (articles,news) (rejected)
        * 2003-01-09 00:30:09 Hey, Who's Face Is That In My Song? (articles,news) (rejected)
        * 2003-01-09 22:08:27 Suing The Government (askslashdot,doj) (rejected)
        * 2003-01-14 19:07:08 Visiting the Big Bang (articles,science) (accepted)
        * 2003-01-23 04:55:57 McDonalds Found Not Guilty (articles,news) (rejected)
        * 2003-01-28 02:51:50 Protecting Web Site Structure/Content With Open So (askslashdot,security) (rejected)
        * 2003-01-30 23:12:54 Help is Just a Click Away (articles,linux) (rejected)
        * 2003-03-04 00:45:19 Daylighting - Helping to Reduce Energy Consumption (articles,usa) (rejected)
        * 2003-03-07 21:21:46 ext3 and Debian r0 3.0 "woody" (askslashdot,debian) (rejected)
        * 2003-03-07 22:53:41 Got Game? (articles,games) (rejected)
        * 2003-03-08 22:06:13 Linux 1992 (articles,linux) (rejected)
        * 2003-03-17 17:21:14 BESS Denies Access to Slashdot (yro,censorship) (rejected)

Summary:

        * rejected (25)
        * accepted (3)

The only fucking reason I haven't tossed Windoze on my box is because Windoze won't recognize my HDD because even my bios, during POST, chokes when trying to detect it (1997 bios, cheaper to buy new mobo then upgrade bios, have to boot linux from a floppy).

Stinks. It really, really stinks. The only thing worse then horse shit is wet horse shit and having to remove a years worth of horse shit from a stall. It's even worse when one years worth = one-two feet of horse shit!!

I told my dad's cousin I'd clean out his stalls, but I have no FUCKING idea why I said that!!! I still don't, but I said I would so I will.

At least it smells less and less with each passing moment.

I'm very sore right now. A hot shower is definitly in order. Then I'll probably fall asleep. I worked from around 9 am to 5 pm cleaning out one stall, the last two hours spent helping my dad's cousin with various other things.

Feet hurt. Hands hurt. Elbows hurt.

Fucking horse shit.

I was also thinking about Amy and ex's in general again while I was working (nothing else to do other then eat a bit (of course after cleaning my hands), listen to the radio, and think while I worked).

There are no second chances. You get one chance to do it right and that's it. Yeah yeah, some people do get back together again, but they're either desperate or idiots. You dumped me (or I dumped you) once, what makes you (me) think I (you) won't do it again? Cynical, but realistic. Once you (I) violate my (your) trust in that manner, that's it. And while trying to stay friends afterwards is always good, it doesn't always work, either. Sometimes there just isn't anything to talk about anymore.

BTW, got out of the shower a few minutes ago. How I feel right now is almost indescribable, but I'll try.

Showers good. Hot showers excellent. Long hot showers uber-fantastic. Better then great sex...almost. ;)

That's about the only way to describe it.

BTW, still haven't messed with my box. Probably won't for at least a few days. Give me time to think things through. I have a few idea's I'm going to toy with to get my inet connection back and apache up and running. After that, I'll remove KDE. It's going to be a web server anyways so all the better. I'll just have to set up shared folder so I can access my files via this computer. Will be sweet once I have both computers set up to be able to directly send and recieve files over the LAN (I almost had it done when I was running RedHat Linux 7.2, but I had some problems I never really resolved).

I've been giving this a lot of thought (especially since I got dumped by Amy). I do tend to ramble on about ex's. I know that's a bad habit, but it's who I am. I talk about people I know and why they are (or were) important to me.

She told me she didn't want to feel as if I were settling for second best with her. How can she expect that? How can any woman expect someone to make them feel like they were the first choice (unless they really were/are)? I mean, after your first relationship, it's pretty much impossible to NOT feel as if the guy isn't just settling for second (or third or fourth or fifth etc.), because in reality, he is.

And ladies, don't tell me you don't ramble on about your ex's on occassion. Invariabley the conversation leads to talking about ex's, and comparisons are made (sometimes at the worst of times). After that, the guy knows that he isn't being picked "first". He's just the next guy in a line (sometimes long, sometimes short) of guys that went before. He's not an idiot. He knows that he's not your first choice. At least WE can accept that (well, some of us can). The only thing I ask is that you don't compare my dick's size to that of one of your ex's (especially while we're in the sack). I don't care how big his was.