Monthly Archives: August 2009

Just Pretend

Posted on August 31, 2009 by ehurst

Nothing has happened to change my conviction the world will change dramatically before Christmas. We won’t recognize it. But let’s pretend for a moment my conspiracy theories about how it will change are all wrong. Let’s take away the one … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Propaganda: My Dog Tank

Posted on August 30, 2009 by ehurst

There is a popular tale making the email rounds. Among the various titles, I received it as “To Whoever Gets My Dog”. This is merely pro-war jingoist propaganda (not to mention bad grammar — try “Whomever” as in “To Whom”). … Continue reading →

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Willing Doormats

Posted on August 28, 2009 by ehurst

Somehow I doubt my personal experience is so very unique, if only because the salient parts were shared with large numbers of others. Every time I have worked within a government bureaucracy, there were several kinds of people I could … Continue reading →

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OpenSUSE Wins One (Updated)

Posted on August 27, 2009 by ehurst

FreeBSD couldn’t cut it on my Pavilion after all. Once I got it all built from source and tried to run the X server, it refused to find a usable screen. Running the HAL/DBus service didn’t help at all. So … Continue reading →

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Medical Break Dancing

Posted on August 27, 2009 by ehurst

Let’s break it on down. It has been said, “Everyone has a right to decent medical care.” No. You cannot posit a positive right. Rights, by definition, are granted by God. Our world is fallen, and God has commanded certain … Continue reading →

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While We’re Waiting…

Posted on August 26, 2009 by ehurst

I understand the FDIC 2nd Quarterly Report for 2009 has been staged for release tomorrow. That in itself means nothing, since bureaucracy seldom operates optimally. However, given the situation, waiting until a Thursday may well be a low-level tactical move. … Continue reading →

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Stumbling through the Mirror

Posted on August 25, 2009 by ehurst

There’s nothing like suddenly gaining insight into your own character, something hidden for many years. It has long been my contention God called me to serve Him. At the time, the obvious meaning was to aim at pastoral ministry. That … Continue reading →

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Welcome Back, Crater

Posted on August 24, 2009 by ehurst

Back when I first started learning Linux and BSD, I went through a series of cranky machines, mostly used in part or in whole. I began giving them names based on some previous theme I had back in the military, … Continue reading →

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Your Next New Government

Posted on August 23, 2009 by ehurst

Okay, we have had a really bad time with that king and his minions in the assembly. Fat lot of good that thing was made His Majesty give up some power; he just got more people to agree with him … Continue reading →

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CentOS 5.3 and ath5k

Posted on August 22, 2009 by ehurst

For a time I ran Etch on my Inspiron 4100 because I kept having trouble with my wifi card on CentOS. While the Backports site offered a recent kernel for Etch, I missed the RedHat world very much. After doing … Continue reading →

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