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12:01 pm
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06:56 pm
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Outsourcing isn't so bad.
I don't see how outsourcing jobs overseas is any different than replacing staff with machines... both are intended to attain the same end: lower labor costs.
So why are so many people so quick to condemn outsourcing? Do these people also have a problem with those thingamajigs at the bowling alley that automatically set up the pins? How about the robots in auto plants that speed up production and make cars less expensive to produce? What about the machines that puts the caps on beer bottles (that eventually replaced Laverne and Shirleys' manual task of a similar description)?
These are all replacements for more expensive labor... and therefore jobs... so why aren't these same people complaining about them?
If the primary ingredient to a prosperous economy is more jobs, then why not decommission all computers and hire thousands of human abacus operators?
Why not hire teams of landscapers to cut lawns with scissors? I mean, those pesky "lawn mower" contraptions are replacing so many potential jobs!
And how about that dynamite? The way it can blast through mountains makes tunnel-building a breeze... but think of the hundreds of men with pickaxes you can employ to do the same thing? If you were in charge of this project, which would you choose?
Machines are replacing humans why? To increase output and lower costs. But is it worth it, I mean with all of these humans being replaced? I would think that any reasonable person would answer with a resounding YES in all three of these cases.
Contrary to what an unfortunate lot are misinformed to believe, more jobs is not the primary ingredient to a prosperous economy. Nor is high employment the chief metric of one. Mind you, high employment is a good thing, but it takes a back seat to more important factors. The more important factors are, again, higher production and lower costs. In almost all cases it is beneficial to strive for these goals, but increased employment is never a prudent goal that can stand alone unless it also leads to an increase (or at the least, no decrease) in the other two factors. I'm sure you can see this from my previous three examples. Work for the sake of work is always wasteful; if a company wishes to be charitable, that is fine, but it'd be much easier to just give out the free paychecks and skip the time, energy, and resources entailed in performing unnecessary work.
In other words, "creating a job" or "making work" should never be a direct goal; it is something to be gained from the pursuit and achievement of other goals.
In the long term, reducing labor costs benefits everybody. With more profits, companies can expand, which means more job openings. The overseas workers earn more money than their next best alternative would bring them in. Lower costs also mean that goods and services are more available to consumers at a lower cost. (Yes. Savings WILL be passed on to the consumers, and if not, the increased profits will be used to expand the business, creating more jobs. And even in the cases where business owners decide to keep the savings for themselves, they have to spend this extra money somewhere, don't they? The money they spend will go to other businesses that can then expand and employ more people. And so on.)
Of course, those that are laid off and replaced will have some hard times in the short term. It is not something I am overlooking here. However, in the long term they will probably find a better job anyway: increases in efficiency and decreases in costs are what makes an economy strong. These invariably lead to expansion, and in turn, more jobs... and often more satisfying jobs. Especially if the expansion occurs across the board.
Now I'm sure you agree it sounds ridiculous to stop using or advancing technology and automation... that would bring progress to a halt. Since I don't really see a significant distinction between the motives of employing machines and outsourcing for cheaper labor, I think it would be ridiculous to rule out the latter as well.
Insofar as "exploitation" goes... well, to pay a "living wage" (according to our standards) defeats the purpose: reduced labor costs. Without this purpose, there would be no reason to outsource, and Apu and Sanjay would not have these opportunities at all.
Instead, they'd be working at the next best alternative, which in all cases have lower wages, and likely poorer working conditions as well. Barring insanity, why else would one take an opportunity unless it improved their situation? No one is being forced to work at these jobs against their wills.
(Yes, I know forced labor exists in the world. I am not denying its existence, and I don't condone it at all. But that's not what I am talking about here. Cheap labor does not equal forced labor.)
I don't like to hear of people getting laid off, and in fact I've been there myself. But if we all let emotion get in the way of reason, and never allowed humans to be replaced by machines, where would we be?
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10:07 pm
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Facebook = why again?
Have I mentioned that I really really love software to be as convoluted as possible?
That is why I am so impressed with Facebook. After a full minute of digging through the user interface, I still have not found a way to post something besides an insipid one-line "status" message.
Maybe I have to go set some settings or set some filters or install an application I don't know about yet. Or read some manual. Or be a college student. I really don't know what the trick is.
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Now playing: John Adams - Harmonielehre
http://foxytunes.com/artist/john+adams/track/harmonielehre
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12:47 pm
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Burger burnout
When I was younger I used to almost exclusively eat burgers. If there was a burger on the menu, it trumped everything else. But I think I am burned out nowadays. I've tried all of the places in Milwaukee that everyone raves about, and none of them excite me.
The following are the only restaurant burgers I get excited about, and most of them I can't get anymore.
- Buzz's Bar and Grill, Wisconsin Rapids, WI (defunct)
- Savage's, Nekoosa, WI (defunct)
- Rick and Ole's, Madison, WI (defunct)
- Hot N Now (defunct)
- Hardee's circa 1995 (defunct)
- DeGrille (the basement of the Elizabeth Pfiffner Debot Center), Stevens Point, WI
- Heinemann's, Brookfield, WI
- Chip's, Wisconsin Rapids, WI
This list is pretty much exhaustive. I will eat other burgers, I just won't write home about them.
The following is a list of preferable traits for a burger:
- Fried
- If there is cheese, it should not be melted
- If there are pickles, they should not be too thinly sliced
- Thickness is preferred over diameter
- Two small burgers are preferred to one large one
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02:36 pm
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Mac development
I would like to do Macintosh development, but as far as I know there are no free cross compilers available, and there is no way to host a Mac in a virtual machine.
So I suppose the only way to compile things for a Mac is on a Mac.
I need to find a cheap low end Mac that has just enough horsepower to occasionally run a compiler to build an executable, and nothing more, other than testing the executables that are built.
Anyone know of any good dumpsters to dig through to find such a thing?
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11:59 am
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Ribbons are dumb
Ribbons are supposed to raise awareness, right?
Now how does this work? If you see a colored ribbon on the bumper of the car in front of you, how are you supposed to know what it represents unless you are already aware of what it stands for?
Say, if I see a purple ribbon with yellow polka-dots, what... does the driver of the car expect me to google it when I get home to find out what it means? I really don't get it.
OK... I lied. I do get it.
They don't really raise awareness, but they give the beholder a wink if they are already aware.
(And of course they still accomplish their primary goal of making the displayer feel good about doing absolutely nothing.)
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Now playing: Boards of Canada - Hi Scores
http://foxytunes.com/artist/boards+of+canada/track/hi+scores
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03:23 pm
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Nintendo DS?
Poll #1290641 Nintendo DS
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllDo you own a Nintendo DS (or DS lite)?
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08:32 am
[Link] | Don't let anyone pressure you into voting if you don't want to or don't care. Don't fall for the guilt trips. And those who say "I don't care who you vote for, just VOTE" always have an agenda, no matter what they say otherwise.
It is not your civic duty or responsibility to vote, it is a right. Furthermore, not voting does not remove your right to complain. Your right to complain is retained no matter who you vote for (or not).
If you don't know why you're voting, or just don't care, then there is nothing wrong with staying home tomorrow.
Just my two cents.
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04:06 pm
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Stay with the flock!
So, scrapdog, your LiveJournal reveals...
You are... 0% unique and 12% herdlike (partly because you, like everyone else, enjoy skiing). When it comes to friends you are popular. In terms of the way you relate to people, you are wary of trusting strangers. Your writing style (based on a recent public entry) is intellectual.
Your overall weirdness is: 35(The average level of weirdness is: 27.
You are weirder than 75% of other LJers.)
Find out what your weirdness level is!
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10:44 am
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Typing test
75 wordsSpeed test
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01:02 pm
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Stay outta Florence County... it's a MAN'S counteh
I recently realized there are a total of 8 of Wisconsin's 72 counties I have never been in:
Polk
Burnett
Iron
Sawyer
Marinette
Florence
Oconto
Rusk
That means I've missed out on meeting 56 people, tipping over 112 cows, and peeing on 75,000,002 trees.
OK, that's enough posting for now.
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12:50 pm
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10,000 BC
As soon as the bad guys rode in on horses, my heart sank. It was as if I was watching That 70s Show and Fez called someone a "beyotch".
Where was Jeff Goldblum to save the day?
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04:11 pm
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Looking for a new web host
My current webhost is antiquated, and turnkey to a fault. I am paying the same rate as I was when I signed up with them five years ago ($69 a year), however, their offering has not increased in these five years either. Times have changed.
Therefore, I am looking for a new web hosting service.
It is downright impossible to shop for these on the internet, as 99% of "review" sites are scams. The only thing you can rely on for web hosting is word of mouth.
So. Any suggestions?
Note that the following hosts I have ruled out:
Dreamhost - the fine print in their terms gives them carte blanche to charge me a year's salary if I go over allotted storage/transfer for a month. No thanks, I'm just a little guy.
Godaddy - if you're going to use tits and ass to promote a service, the service better include tits and ass.
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10:24 pm
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*Quack*
The speed dial on most phones can only hold 10 numbers. That's pretty lame. The speed dial on my phone can hold more than 900 million numbers. I have every man, woman, child, business, telemarketer, and hotline in the United States and Canada stored in my speed dial.
I have a local pizza business stored in slot number #2627855556. Amazing isn't it. Just type a few digits and voila.
I am better than you.
And I am a better person than I was two days ago. For the first time ever I entered a Bed Bath and Beyond® yesterday. This was not out of curiosity or irony, mind you. It was out of need.
I did a bit of browsing, picked up my "ramekins", and left. I have no witty quips about the "beyond" portion of the store, as most first-time BBBY™ guests invariably do. Sorry to disappoint. Maybe next time I go I'll be less shy about venturing near the store boundaries.
What the hell did I need ramekins for, you ask? I'll never tell.
This calls for a segue.
Recently, I have had a bit of a problem with a species known as the "common fruit fly" (or drosophila melanogaster for you science pricks).
I have tried a few things to get rid of them *cough* *genocide*... initially these methods worked, but the damn flies slowly kept coming back. At the end of each day I see them dancing in a circle around the campfire singing and rejoicing, no matter how brutal or effective my attack was. It is beginning to cramp my style.
It has become obvious that no external force is going to defeat them... they must be brought down from within.
So. How does one instigate a civil war amongst colonies of fruit flies?
If anyone gives me any tips that work (especially ones that involve no effort on my part), you will receive my gratitude. In addition, I will personally write a letter to The President of the United States commending you on your excellence in formic subterfuge. So, when the world is taken over by killer bees in 2005 2006 2007 2008 2099, expect one more opportunity to be a hero.
Too many segues are bad. How about a non-sequitur.
I took a swim in the pool three times in the last few days. The first time, I had the pool to myself, which is rare. OK, not completely to myself... there was a duck.
The second time... also to myself. Almost. The same duck was there.
Third time... today. The pool was empty (...of people, not water). No duck. I had about five minutes of relaxing alone-time, then *boom*, in come the chil-n's.
Here's the deal with kids and pools. I noticed this just today. Every syllable that comes out of kids' mouths, when in a pool, is in both maximum volume and maximum pitch. As a result, there is not a lot of dynamics in communication among kids in pools. It's all very monotone. Some science prick (or a team of) should do a study on this.
I was a bit offended that my new duck acquaintance wasn't around today. Did my spirit emanate an aura of hostility and/or menace? If so, it's a bit misleading. I have not eaten duck since November of 1984.
OK, off to play some Mass Effect® now.
Current Music: Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings
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01:10 pm
[Link] | Poll #1198720 The many faces of fun!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllWhich is your favorite?
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03:55 am
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Good ol' CVS
I've tried using Subversion for a couple of months on my home projects. I suppose it's OK, but it doesn't really have a good client... yet, at least.
The consensus out there seems to indicate that TortoiseSVN® is the most powerful SVN client on Windows machines. Well, it may be powerful, but so far I've found it annoying. It only works through the Windows shell, using icon overlays to indicate the status of a file. These icon overlays tend to make everything look dirty.
You know how you get an urge to empty the Recycle Bin on your desktop when you see that it is depicted as having junk in it? Or how you might get the urge to make the * go away in your text editor by constantly hitting CTRL-S? (Well, I do that). I get a similar feeling with these persistent, nagging overlays that can't be shut off.
The icon overlays give me the urge to do something to make them go away, like committing or updating. But I can't. Because there is a "normal" status that looks just as dirty.
So, when someone comes out with a client like WinCVS® that works with SVN, maybe I'll check it out. Currently, it doesn't look like anyone is seriously working on that. Many SVN clients seem to be integrations with IDEs, which I definitely do not want.
I just want a good old front end that is nothing more than a wrapper to the command line interface. (The exact opposite seems to be a selling point by vendors these days!)
I don't care much about integration with IDEs. I use lots of different IDEs, so the more general-purpose, the better.
That is why I am going to stay with good ol' CVS™ for now. WinCVS® really is pretty kick-ass once you get used to it. I've been using it for years.
Sure, there are major downsides to CVS™ (inability to version renames, no atomic commits, the different handling of text and binary, etc.). These problems are solved in SVN, which adds a lot to the appeal of that...
However, none of these downsides are total showstoppers. And besides, all the hype about the next version of CVSNT® looks somewhat promising. We'll just have to wait and see.
For now it's CVS™ for the win!
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11:02 am
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Looks like I'll be going to the Drinking Liberally meeting on Wednesday.
Wish me luck. >:)
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04:01 pm
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Where oh where is all the CONTENT today?
I think LJ should just delete and purge the accounts of everyone who is "on strike".
That would be hilarious.
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11:49 am
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09:48 pm
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A fun weekend
You have successfully converted an enemy creature in the torture chamber.
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Your minions demand cable.
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08:43 pm
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Alcoholic beverage count for 2008
8
Currently working on a bottle of Hoegaarden®. Goodness.
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) foodforthemoon and shadowdude will be eating my dust before the year ends.
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01:51 pm
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Midnight Meat Train
The most terrifying ride you'll ever take™.
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07:55 am
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Power windows SUCK
Power windows is one invention in which the cons outweigh the pros by 10 times. I'm serious, who thinks they are cool anymore?
Needless to say I hate power windows so much that I will die due to blood loss if the blood keeps shooting out of my eyes any longer.
If I had a choice between crank windows and power windows, I'd go with crank windows without hesitation.
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08:23 pm
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The Caring Continuum discredited by Google
The phrase "could care less" yields 4,170,000 hits on Google.
The phrase "couldn't care less" yields 218,000.
And I'll bet that 75% of the hits in the latter are instances of lecturing on how the phrase in the former is incorrect.
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10:36 am
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It's snowing
I'm liking this winter so far.
I love living in the north.
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09:01 am
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Phoney McRingRing
I'm only asking because I'm curious:
Poll #1089127 Phone usage
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllWhich of these describes your phone usage?
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10:10 pm
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Music stats
I've been playing around with Perl tonight. First time I touched it in 4 1/2 years. I forgot how much fun it was. However, it'd be a lie if I said it was like riding a bike.
I decided to write a script that calculated some stats on my CD collection; namely how it is distributed throughout the spectrum of time. 1/3 of my motivation was curiosity, 1/3 pure geekiness, 1/3 to exercise my dormant Perl skillz.
With further ado, the stats:
( stats )
This is a tally of durations, not track count. Each track increments the value of its year by its duration in seconds. In other words, longer songs add more weight.
Of course, this includes only the CDs I have ripped to mp3, which currently is about 2/3 of my collection. The year is fetched from ID3 tag. Tracks that are within compilations (e.g. greatest hits) are assigned the year of the compilation.
According to this report, I have music from every year from 1967-2005 and 2007. No 2006. Interesting. I just realized that. I don't recall buying a single CD in 2006, actually.
Current Music: Steve Hillage - Rainbow Dome Musick
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02:21 pm
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R.I.P. SCHIP
That is excellent news.
Now we can take a breather until the next ridiculous "who will think of the children" idea comes along.
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02:36 pm
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Mmmm... meat
You know how easy it is for a parent to bribe 4-year olds with trips to McDonald's®? All 4-year olds love McDonald's®.
The same trick works with 31-year olds using the Prime Quarter®. Well, at least this 31-year old.
I'll be eating there tonight. *smack* *delicious*
Current Mood:  excited
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03:32 pm
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I've got 8-bit fever
I've really been jonesin' to write a new game for the C-64, NES, or SNES for a couple of weeks now but have been too lazy to think of any ideas. Like an RPG, or something of that nature. Would be willing to collaborate with some who is seriously interested.
Someone light a fire under my ass.
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09:37 am
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Alanis the prophet
The other day I actually found myself in a situation where there were 10000 spoons when all I needed was a knife.
I had to use a plastic spoon to cut a leftover hamburger in half. True story.
The irony was so thick that I could cut it with a knife.
If only I had one.
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10:56 pm
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Nil Recurring
The Nil Recurring EP from Porcupine Tree (featuring Robert Fripp) is now available. $8.70 cheap!
It is a great supplement to Fear of a Blank Planet... with a tiny bit of editing I was able to cram both onto one CD.
All four tracks are good.
Current Music: Porcupine Tree - What Happens Now?
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03:30 pm
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Candidate Calculator
My results from the Candidate Calculator:
Your Top MatchYou planned to vote for Undecided. Based on your responses, your top candidate for 2008 is below.
( Tom Tancredo )
94.23% match
Your Other Top MatchesYou will want to pay close attention to these candidates through election day.
Middle of the PackIf your top choices aren't in the running, keep an eye on these candidates in 2008.
Bottom of the BarrelYou won't be getting on the campaign trail with these candidates anytime soon.
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10:44 am
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Our universe ain't that big
There are only 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 electrons in the universe, give or take 1 or 2.
That's 1/1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000th of a googol.
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10:57 pm
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I really really REALLY like to drink
Seriously, I'm beginning to think that I drink more in one day than a family of five drinks in a week.
Not talking about alcohol here, I'm talking about beverages in general. I can put down two or three liters of Sprite® in an hour without really thinking about it.
I can outdrink anyone.
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03:50 pm
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Prison Break season 3
My predictions:
1. Kellerman is not dead.
2. T-Bag will eventually run Sona.
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10:03 pm
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Crush Kill Destroy
IDAK - (Instant Destroyer And Killer) - is the most powerful super android in the universe. Nothing can stop him. And he is damn good at baseball too.
Now where would I get a Halloween costume like that...
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03:41 pm
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New truck
I bought a new truck yesterday... a 2001 Sonoma with 8800 miles on it. 250 ft-lbs of τ. Ahh.
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*hack* *cough* *sneeze* And to those of you who still think I'm a dunderhead or bonehead for not considering Japanese brands, count the number of American cars in Japan.
If a whole nation is going to boycott a whole other nation's automobiles, then that is a nation of boneheads. And why would you want to buy a car engineered by boneheads?
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09:57 pm
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Stop smothering me, you Toyotanoids!
Last Friday, I decided it was time to start looking for a new car.
And now I have one thing to say:
What the hell... has everyone on earth turned into an #$%^&* amateur Toyota™ salesman or something?
The following conversation has taken place between no less than five separate people and myself in the last four days:
Me: "Yeah, I think it's time for me to buy a new car."
Them: "I think it's time for you to get a Toyota™."
Me: "No."
Them: "Why not?"
Me: "Because I don't want one."
Them: "They're good cars."
Me: "I don't care."
Them: "They're made in Lompoxnard, California..."
Me: "I don't care."
Them: "Give me a logical reason why you won't buy one."
Me: "No."
This NAGGING is 95% of the reason I will not buy Japanese cars. It's similar to the reason I hate U2: all of the jawdrops and "OMG how can you not like U2?????"s that have accumulated over the years.
And actually, it's not hatred. I just don't see myself driving one, that's all. But "I just don't see myself driving one, that's all" never seems to be enough to stop the NAGGING. And it should be.
Now hear this: I will not budge no matter how fucking good you think they are, or what the magazines say. I will never fucking do it. Drive one yourself if you love them so much, it does not bother me in the slightest. If it works good for YOU, then great.
Just know that I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER buy a Toyota™. NEVER. It is not necessary for you to understand why.
*waits for more Toyota™ salesmen to crawl out of the woodwork*
Current Mood:  cynical
Current Music: Stevie Wonder, bubba
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03:32 pm
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What's stuck in my head now
America, you're gettin' burger hungry
Hungry for the burger that makes you full!
You're chompin' for the taste of a Buster Burger
The famous Buster Burger that's full of bull!
Thick rich shakes
Crispy french fries
Our double Big Buster
Like bull it satisfies!
Our people are friendly
Our stores are clean too
And nothing but bull is waiting
Waiting for you!
America, you're gettin' burger hungry
Hungry for the burger that makes you full!
You're chompin' for the taste of a Buster Burger
The famous Buster Burger that's full of bull!
The one and only Buster Burger that's full
Full of bull!
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03:11 pm
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Chocolate rain!
In case you haven't seen this yet, you must.
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10:00 am
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Fight global warming with local cooling
Wow, this global warming sure is hot stuff.
But together, we can fight it.
Everyone, set your air conditioners to 59°F.
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10:00 am
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Must see movies?
I am currently in the process of updating my "to see" list for movies.
Any movies that I must see? Feel free to gimme your two cents worth.
(EDIT: Just a reminder, if you hadn't known already, I do not like superhero or comic book movies. Just about any other genre is OK with me though.)
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03:50 pm
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Saw this summer's so-called Blockbuster™ today!
Pearl Harbor + Armageddon + The Rock + Chevrolet + Mountain Dew + Burger King + 45 extra minutes = Transformers.
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08:15 am
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Surprising!
The first three people to comment on Scrapdog's Progressive Rock Guide are professional computer programmers.
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10:58 pm
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Scrapdog's Progressive Rock Guide: A Comprehensive Grimoire
For those of you who wish to expand your precious progressive rock album collection, make sure to follow these simple rules before purchasing an album. And you won't go wrong.
Rush - if the longest song on the album is less than 9 minutes, put it back
Yes - if there are more than five songs on the album, put it back
Genesis - if Steve Hackett isn't mentioned on the back cover, put it back
Marillion - put it back
That's all you need to know.
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11:07 am
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The Milwaukee skyline
Here are a couple of pictures this ol' sea dog took last night from several miles out:
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11:37 am
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To the Agent for Progressive Truthiness
As much as I'd like to reengage you in my war against the hard progressive truth, this book can say it far better than I ever could:
It might make you rethink your ideas behind the terms "productive consumption" and "producing work". >:)
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11:20 pm
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Helpful time travel advice
If one wishes to entertain oneself or others, there is a much richer selection of music to choose from in 2007 than there was in 1987, 1977, or 1967.
Wistful time travel fanatics who want to go back to an era where the music was so much "better" are fools. You don't need to be in the year 1973 to listen to Dark Side of the Moon, ass. You can do that now.
If you must travel, you are better off travelling to 2073, where Dark Side of the Moon will still be available... as well as Hanson's 1997 album Middle of Nowhere AND Geddy Lee's 2029 solo album My Good Hip. Expand your catalog by travelling forward, maaaaan.
Current Mood: good
Current Music: 3 (yes, the band is named "3") - Trust (alternate)
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11:10 pm
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Marketing tip! Penguins ♥ Popsicles™!
You need Roadrunner. You will not be able to download the family videos very fast with DSL. Everyone wants to see the photos of your grandkids, and they don't want to wait for you to upload them.
You need a Mac. You need to be able to edit photos of your grandkids before you send them out into the ether, and a PC doesn't do creative stuff like that. Think of the grandkids.
Family videos, lightning speed grandkid photo uploads! Really, does anyone fall for this crap? No one spends more than one hour a week trading photos of their family online.
It's all about porn speed. Just say so. Stop exploiting and insulting our elderly folks.
I don't know, maybe I'm out of touch. What is it that lay people do with computers nowadays?
Current Music: Blackfield - Epidemic
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