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Journal Journal: Long Time No Post

Its been quite a while since last I've posted, almost a year to be exact.

I'm no longer engaged, but I am dating again. I must not be that much of a geek if I'm dating beautiful women. Either that or geek is more acceptable.

I'm having an MC-LUUG meeting at my place of work, which happens to be a buffet style restaurant with two party rooms. I'm hoping some folks show up. I'll be showing off Knoppix on Big Blue, talking about ways of advocating Linux without alienating, and problems people have encountered when trying Linux. Then I'll chow down on all I can eat sirloin steak cooked any way I like (30 seconds on each side, thank you very much). Mmm, sirloin.

Politics

Journal Journal: What Tards 17

So I've metamoderated a few comments about how "I don't need religion to tell me that taking an innocent life is wrong". Well I'm very happy for you. Now go and don't get an abortion. As for you having a moral right to force that view on everyone else, I say fuck you and the rest of your Republican bullshit.

I don't like the idea of abortion either but I'm not going to make it illegal for two reason.

1) I don't want backdoor butchers to return that killed half as many women as it helped.
2) It's not my body and I do not have to live with that decision for the rest of my life.

So how can I live with myself? I try to make sure my friends are fully informed on the alternatives before they make a choice. I make it a point to make sure that the alternatives are really viable. That is all I can do. I refuse to put my personal beleifs into law and everyone else should be refuse to do that as well. Morality does not make for good law. You want a country run by morals move to Vatican City (yes, it is a recognized country with it's own standing army) which is run by the Pope who is supposed to be the most moral man in the world. Otherwise live your own life as you will and let others do the same. Stupid fuckers.

User Journal

Journal Journal: Screw Debian

After more of the same problems from Debian I've switched to Gentoo and have never looked back. It has to be the best Linux distro around. It's package manager is the easiest, best organized package manager I've come across in the years I've been using Linux.

If you haven't tried Gentoo yet, you're definitely missing out.

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Journal Journal: I'm Back!

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.

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Journal Journal: Am I A Geek Or What?

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.

User Journal

Journal Journal: My Tribute to Douglas Adams 1

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

print "I have a feeling the answer will be the answer to Life! The Universe! And Everything!\n";
print "Please input the first number:";
chomp($first_num = <stdin>);
print "Please input the second number:";
chomp($second_num = <stdin>);
$answer = $first_num * $second_num;

if ($answer != 42) {
print "$first_num times $second_num is not the answer to Life! The Universe! And Everything! It's actually just $answer\n";
} else {
print "You know the answer to Life! The Universe! And Everything!\n";
}
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Journal Journal: Funny Comments!

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!

User Journal

Journal Journal: Secret Relationships 6

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.

User Journal

Journal Journal: God Damn It 1

# 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.

User Journal

Journal Journal: I'm Back 2

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.

User Journal

Journal Journal: God damnied piece of shit 1

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)

Games

Journal Journal: Duke Nukem Forever Released! (Finally)

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!"

User Journal

Journal Journal: Duplicate Posts

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.

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