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General Comments
2021-12-26 03:50:00 This is the place for any comments you have that don't relate to a specific post. This is a place where you can leave any requests, suggestions and opinions that you have about this blog. It will always remain at the top of the blog so that it is visible to everyone. We can use this as a forum for an open discussion on music in general, as well as just simply saying hi. Let's get the ball rolling.
By: Eclectic Grooves
It?s the End Of The World
2008-07-24 03:22:00 Oh boy, what a week this has already been. Economic meltdowns are accelerating at a rapid pace. Our idiot government bails out Fannie Mae in a desperate and incredibly stupid attempt to salvage the home mortgage swindle, err bad loans shelled out, and we are all supposed to breath a sigh of relief… Well, don’t fall ...
Half Of the Amazon Rainforest To Be Lost
2008-07-23 19:13:00 Lonewolf sent me this, I’ve been too busy stomping out brushfires and responding to email — Half the Amazon Rainforest to be Lost by 2030 The report, “Amazon’s Vicious Cycles: Drought and Fire,” concludes that 55 percent of the world’s largest rainforest stands to be severely damaged from agriculture, drought, fire, logging and livestock ranching in ...
Can You Put the eMarketing Textbook in the Hands of Someone Who Needs It?
2008-07-23 10:35:00 The QuirkStation is buzzing this week, with the formal launch of our eMarketin...
6 Ways to Get Yourself an eMarketing eDucation
2008-07-23 06:41:00 So, your varsity days have come and gone, leaving you reminiscing with your increasingly large friends about the good old days - when your minds were fresh and the walk from one lecture to another didn’t feel like a failed attempt at the Comrades Mar...
The Current Food Situation
2008-07-23 05:13:00 Since several people have kindly reminded me that Mountain House has yet another announcement, I will post this here too. I know this is on other sites, but since I stopped selling Mountain House cans in May when they cut off all new orders, I didn’t think it was necessary to fan the flames ...
How Harrington used course management to top Norman at the British Open, Mi
2008-07-21 16:22:00 Click here to listen. Padraig Harrington came out the victor this week at the British Open, the third major winner of the year with an injury to do so, hiding under the radar of many who thought he could not win ...
Another Point of View on That Whole "Rogue San Francisco Admin" Story
2008-07-19 18:50:00 So, let me get this straight. There's this system admin who allegedly "hijacked" San Francisco's city-wide computer network. To the point where he got fired, arrested, and is now on trial. Half the stories out there have this guy tried and convicted. Because, you know, people who work in computers are so freaking scary. Every charge against him that I've heard so far is "maybe" this and "we suspect" that. So far, the only hard evidence that he did anything is: he changed passwords on routers. No kidding? If I'm responsible for a whole major city's computer security, I'm going to change passwords, too! Maybe he should give his boss the new passwords, and maybe he shouldn't. Remember, we're always hearing about how stolen laptops compromise whose IT infrastructures - the government is no exception. All I'd like to see is a chance for Terry Childs to speak for himself, to see if we have an explanation for this. Until I do, I'm inclined to think they arrested the wrong party...
Carta Abierta a los Ciudadanos por Mario Iván Carratú. Caso General Baduel
2008-07-18 14:47:00 El Vicealmirante en condición de retiro de la Armada Venezolana, Mario Iván Carratú Molina, se expresa en CARTA ABIERTA A LOS CIUDADANOS I, bajo el título RENDICIÒN DE CUENTAS. OTRO GENERAL EN SU LABERINTO, con motivo de las declaraciones del General en Jefe (Ej.) Raúl Isaías Baduel (Ministro de la Defensa entre julio ...
A Birthday Message from the QuirkStars
2008-07-18 12:50:00 Happy Birthday Tata Mandela you have been an inspiration to all of us to strive to be better South Africans by working towards a better life for all. May you enjoy your special day in full knowledge that you have played your role. Long live, our Madiba, long live! ...
Sliding Downward Still
2008-07-17 18:49:00 Hehehe, no surprise here - U.S. Fails To Measure Up On ‘Human’ Index. One of my elderly customers, who is 91 offered me some advice - eat very little beef or pork. She’s got friends near 100 and that’s their secret they claim. I don’t doubt it, considering all the crap they put into our ...
Keyhole Gardening
2008-07-17 02:33:00 Spotted this over on Monkeyfister, the keyhole garden. An innovative idea that could help you grow your own food. Some observations: I wonder if you could pry the cellphones and Ipods away from Americans and get a happy level of participation as shown in this video? Somehow, I sort of doubt it. The rusty cans was interesting, ...
Google and Radiohead Get Creative.
2008-07-16 10:00:00 This post is for one purpose only. CHECK OUT THIS PROJECT A first as far as I’m aw...
Can Els, Mickelson ignore Tiger Woods' absence at the British Open? Are LaF
2008-07-15 15:30:00 Click here to listen. There are golf fans and then there are those who come out of the woodwork just to see Tiger Woods blast the ball. These ?Tiger enthusiasts? would not think of missing an event with Woods in the ...
Open Thread: What if the other guy wins?
2008-07-15 14:59:00 Tis a slow news day and Bruce & Dan are off doing, well whatever they do when they’re not online, so I figured this would be a good time for an open thread question. Besides, I’m having a bit of a bad day anyways… Just a wee bit of advice for the future: never, ever ...
By: GayPatriot
Energy Crisis Continues to Expand
2008-07-15 13:43:00 The CIA reports that there are 266 ?nations, dependent areas, and other entities? on the world today. During the last few weeks at least 90 of these are reported to be having continuing serious or very serious energy shortages. The number of countries with energy problems may be much higher as the CIA also reports ...
Ideas and Money Moving Online. Credit Slow to Follow.
2008-07-15 09:07:00 Let’s talk about ideas. I cut my teeth in ‘traditional’ advertising where ‘the idea’ i...
Open Thread
2008-07-15 00:10:00 I don’t have much to say, the banking failures are just the tip of the iceberg, signs of a civilization gone terribly wrong. More of these to come, that’s for sure. The government proposed bailout of the mortgage lenders is ‘weird’ in my opinion, a real Catch-22 situation. The collapse continues, dominoes fall, all ...
A-Z Guide to Political Interferance In Science
2008-07-14 04:46:00 Real Climate published a great graphic on the ‘political interference of scientific data’ from 2001 - 2008. I suggest everyone take a look at this, so that you can know just how bad it’s been trying to get the word out on environmental issues. If you don’t like pictures, check out that A-Z List (text), something ...
Your Freedoms are Flushed
2008-07-14 02:02:00 This is a video interview of Naomi Wolf, I think everyone should watch this, there are a LOT of things going on here in the US that some of you may not know about: Naomi Wolf Now, read about the torture ships used by Amerika.
Kids Can Enjoy Old San Juan, Too!
2008-07-13 09:25:00 There are plenty of things to do with kids in Old San Juan. Whether you explore an ancient fort, fly a kite, feed 100s of pigeons, taste some local ice cream, or just enjoy one of the many family-friendly activities on the weekend, you'll be sure to keep busy.
One-Third of Gloal Coral Reefs Facing Extinction
2008-07-13 00:35:00 I really wonder what it is going to take to wake this world up from it’s apathy and slumber. Built over millions of years, coral reefs are home to more than 25 percent of marine species, making them the most biologically diverse of marine ecosystems. Corals produce reefs in shallow tropical and sub-tropical seas and have ...
Nearly 50% of Pakistan Is Now ?Food Insecure?
2008-07-13 00:12:00 Pakistan is 160 million, with 77 million (48%) now ‘food insecure’, a 28% increase over this time last year. Soaring food prices and shortages of staples mean about 77 million people of Pakistan’s 160 million population are food insecure, a 28 percent increase over the past year, according to U.N. World Food Program (WFP) estimates. Hunger Brings ...
Destroying The World?s Food Supply
2008-07-12 16:25:00 Lyndon LaRouche on what is going to happen next, primarily, the phony election and the destruction of the world food supply.
More on Shock Bracelets For Airlines
2008-07-12 15:50:00 Brainwashing the public that still flies. Forget bracelets, they’ll just start using this technology in a microchip implanted under the skin, then they control everyone, everywhere.
Surviving In Argentina
2008-07-12 15:21:00 Sent in by Randall, this is a blog about what it can really be like, ie., collapse - post collapse, already happening in Argentina. A few house robberies, murder and gun fights will convince you.
Bank Seized By Federal Regulators - Bank Runs By Depositors
2008-07-12 04:50:00 Possibly the first of many: IndyMac Bank Seized By Federal Regulators This is what collapse looks like, falling dominoes littering the landscape. The federal government took control of Pasadena-based IndyMac Bank on Friday in what regulators called the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history. Citing a massive run on deposits, regulators shut its main branch three hours early, ...
Got Your Head Stuck In The Sand? Check Out The Deniers List!
2008-07-11 22:48:00 A true story submitted by Lonewolf, we’ve probably all got friends like this: Today, I received (another) email from a friend of over 30 years basically saying (again) that “Global Warming” is a crock, fraud, hoax, lie, scam - aka utter bullshit. I used to think this person was one of if not the most intelligence people ...
An Open Letter to General Wesley Clark (Ret.)
2008-07-10 06:41:00 -By Vince Johnson Dear Wesley: Your recent comments on MEET THE PRESS June 29, 2008 are disturbing and entitled to rebuttal: For example: You said: ?He (John McCain) hasn’t held executive responsibility. That large squadron in the Navy that he commanded — that wasn’t a wartime squadron.? Don?t you realize that the entire United ...
By: Publius Forum
How Often Do You Feel Like This?
2008-07-09 04:55:00 This is going to become one of my favorite images. Not only do I very often feel like this when discussing the rampant stupidity of this world, I can fully emphasize with this fellow in so many ways. Lonewolf shared this with me (who else?), where he found it over on Thomas Paine’s Corner, in ...
Flying The Unfriendly Skies
2008-07-09 01:57:00 I find this story both hilarious and uplifting: Airline passengers in Florida, incensed that the crew arrives 75 minutes late, heckle the crew and the airline cancels the flight, stranding the passengers. Everyone got a free hotel room - surround by barbed wire! American Airlines Gets A Dish From Paying Customers (I like my title better).
Anthony Kim shoving disabled Tiger Woods out of the picture? Fiz your clubs
2008-07-08 16:22:00 Click here to listen. ?Fearless", ?cocky? and ?arrogant? were descriptive terms used by fellow golfer Fred Funk after Anthony Kim?s decisive victory at the AT&T National hosted by Tiger Woods. Without Woods in the hunt the field is wide open with ...
Technology Against Us
2008-07-08 03:56:00 I had one of these things hovering over my house the other day. A quick shotgun blast brought it down. I took the remains about 30 miles away and dumped it over a bridge. Just kidding of course, but we’re soon to have these things in our midst. We already have them flying high ...
Where We?re Really At
2008-07-07 20:44:00 Nice rant by Kunstler - Where We’re At. He’s covered most of the topics, except the serious food crisis underway, shortages of critical metals and the other two biggies, collapsing eco-systems and climate change. It’s way, way more then a double-whammy headed our way, it’s a pummeling by a gang of enraged bullies and all of their ...
More Tyranny
2008-07-07 00:42:00 Nice to see some people (women with balls) protest dickwads speech: Protesters Interrupt President Sorry to be so crass, but I can’t believe this talking monkey is still the presidential pretender. Calling him “war criminal” is just the tip of the slaughter he’s caused. Here’s a find from Cryptogon, how would you like to be tagged ...
Tearing It Down - Part II
2008-07-06 05:07:00 [This is Part II, please read Part I first - Admin] It is probably accurate to say that everything humans set out to do, is really done solely for their own benefit. The premises here is that the advancement of humans, over all other forms of life, sentient and non-sentient, and of human possessions and human ...
Tearing It Down - Part I
2008-07-06 02:21:00 [This is Part I, please read this segment first before reading Part II - Admin] In my last post, I said: The ?solution? seems to be to keep everything going, just as it is, as long as possible, with a total lack of foresight on what this is going to mean in the long run. If we ...
CIA Head, General Michael V. Hayden: Democratic America And Press Coverage
2008-07-05 23:16:00 Air Force General Michael V. Hayden Implies Liberals And Those “MSM Gotchya Moments” Are Making It Harder For The CIA To Break The Law The Washington Post’s Joby Warrick reports today on General Hayden’s whiny tirade against the press and the currently prevailing (so-called) “Liberal” consensus in our country today. There was a time when the Central Intelligence Agency was not held accountable to obey domestic or international laws and allowed to operate behind a veil of complete, “Bush-esque” secrecy. Those times are now slipping away from the CIA and now that it appears General Hayden, like his (not YOURS) Commander-In-Chief, “Surge” W. Bush, are in “lame-duck” status due to a VERY popular Democratic guy by the name of Barry Obama. Should he win the election, of COURSE “Mikey” will be sent packing within weeks, so whine away, Mikey-Boy. This is AMERICA and we ARE a nation of laws… From t...
C++ Templates
2008-07-05 04:56:00 Template in C++ is very interesting topic. Templates allow you to define functions and Classes that have parameters for type names. This article is about C++ templates, its types and its usage. What is template? Templates allow us to define generic classes. Template is mechanism which allows us to use one function or class to handle ...
By: Onecore
Massachusetts House Foreclosures - Short-term Discontinuation
2008-07-04 13:15:00 Massachusetts owns the credit of being the most densely populated one among the six New England states of north-eastern Unites States. It has provided a major boost to the real estate industry of this place. But the problem of house foreclosures is a big enemy of the Massachusetts real estate. As per the reports of one ...
Interface Obsession Syndrome - round two...
2008-07-04 11:58:00 Follow on from The Six Kinds of Anti-FOSS Trolls, where I dropped a little bomb about interfaces, and followed up with Interface Obsession Syndrome. Thank all of you who've been responding, and have kept your rebuttals in the 'discussion and debate' range, rather than getting hot about it. I of course don't expect everybody to see it my way. I've seen this before; I get ahead of my time and what I say today, others end up saying five years later. So, I'll just gently nudge us towards a few points I'd like to point out, helped along by your well-thought-out comments, and probably leave it at that for now. "The king is wearing no cloths Troll" posted... "Some FOSS projects are half-done and really need to be fixed (a geek might like em, but real users need it finished, so not to have to dig in and do command line this and that)." I will never understand the stigma against command lines. Are there people out there who were beaten with keyboards when they were children? Ev...
General Electric (GE): Blue chip buy
2008-07-03 05:00:00 "They don’t get much more blue-chip than General Electric (http://www.thestockadvisors.co-m/quote.htm?sym=ge) (NYSE: GE (http://www.thestockadvisors.co-m/quote.htm?sym=ge))," says Nilus Mattive (http://www.thestockadvisors.co-m/ccount/click.php?id=2160). In his top-notch Dividend Superstars (http://www.thestockadvisors.co-m/ccount/click.php?id=2160), he looks at the industrial gaint, with its 4.4% yield."GE is the only company that has remained in the Dow Jones Industrial Average from day one, the company was founded in 1890 by none other than Thomas Alva Edison to market his various inventions. "GE’s broad diversification is both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, it affords the firm plenty of protection from a major decline in any one business. "On the other, it has led to a very complicated enterprise with inherently limited growth prospects. Yet despite the company’s size, it has still managed to increase its revenues internally by about 9% a year. "Currently, on...
Inkster, Creamer insist practice makes perfect, Lorena Ochoa just wants to
2008-07-02 15:45:00 Click here to listen. Although an announcer during the U.S. Women?s Open mentioned Young Kim?s swing thought of ?fairways and greens", it?s much easier to think it than it is to bring it to fruition. The simple practice of envisioning what ...
Preso un general venezolano por objetar el lema ?Patria, socialismo o muert
2008-07-02 05:23:00 Por haber intentado un recurso ante el Tribunal Supremo de Justicia con motivo de objetar el ?Patria, socialismo o muerte. ¡Venceremos!?, lema que considera “impropio y repugnante”, el general del ejército Angel Vivas fue interceptado para su detención por una comisión de la Dirección de Inteligencia Militar (DIM), cuando se dirigía a su residencia ...
The Religion of Stuff
2008-07-02 03:03:00 This is apparently a new video of Dr. James Hansen, discussing climate change, politics, energy and China. What causes climate change is not today’s emmissions, it’s today atmospheric composition, and we are primarily responsble for the excess C02 in the atmosphere, more the 3 times more then China, per capita basis, more then an order of ...
Interface Obsession Syndrome
2008-07-01 23:33:00 Who has Interface Obsession Syndrome? The computing world, that's who. All of it: designers, users, open source software, proprietary software, web designers, web surfers. Everybody. It's a disease. Last post, I boldly proclaimed (using my proclaiming voice, which makes the font bold and a size larger), "There is not a single thing wrong with a single FOSS program's user interface, anywhere, period." And I expected to get some reactions, and I did, and I'm ready to explain that line. I'll tell you right now: you're going to disagree with me. This will be one more of those times when you all wonder if I've gone off my rocker, and I will have to explain it again and again, and then a few more readers each time will gradually pick up the idea, until I've reached all that I can reach. But what the hey, you probably needed the intellectual exercise anyway. Here goes nothing: (1) Before there were computers, before there was technology, there was just humans and nature. (2) N...
350 PPM and What You?re Still Not Being Told
2008-07-01 15:13:00 A short semi-entertaining video about C02 levels and what it means now that we’ve passed the ‘acceptable limits’. We are already over 385 ppm and rising. Some of you might be interested in reading The State of the Nation?s Ecosystems 2008. I’ve perused the links and essays found there, so here is what I ...
Living Primitively
2008-07-01 02:27:00 I have long believed after many years of study, that mankind is going to revert back to Stone Age living. This will be the inevitable outcome of the depletion of global energy supplies (oil, coal, nature gas, uranium). Not long ago, I came across a quote (posted here) that pointed out that we have long since ...
The Six Kinds of Anti-FOSS Trolls
2008-06-30 19:41:00 Since I wrote about the seven kinds of anti-Linux FUD pundits, it occurred to me that plain old forum and blog-comment trolls could be classified, too. Why does Free and Open Source Software get trolled so much? You'd think we were doing something awful by just writing programs and giving them away. While it is true that a lot of it could be mere paid asstroturfers courtesy of large commercial software companies, that doesn't explain them all. Over the years, I've seen so much online flamage - and even some in person! - that I couldn't miss spotting some patterns. You'll recognize these common trolls in this list. Most of them could almost be cut-and-pasted. Direct one here the next time you see them, if for nothing else than to urge them to get a new trick! The Stockholder - This is very sad, because we have Joe Sixpack and Susie Soccermom out there with their 401-K being 50% tech stocks in proprietary software companies. And they then assume that all competing software comp... |
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