Monthly Archives: June 2010

Gulf Oil Disaster: Does Anybody Really Know?

Obviously, since I’m not an expert on petroleum extraction on any level, there is nothing here which will uncover anything really new. There are some people who know, but we can’t be sure if all those yakking about it really … Continue reading

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Don’t Trust Any Human with More Power than You – Update

This refers to a previous post: Don’t Trust Any Human with More Power than You. As with most stories, the dominant media is lying. It’s just that simple. I may not know exactly what they are hiding, but that they … Continue reading

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Grab That Online Video: Mozilla

Folks, this is way out of date, more than seven years old. It doesn’t work like this any more. So you run across this instructional video on YouTube, and you would love to keep a copy, since pulling it down … Continue reading

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Bureaucracy of Death (Updated)

A primary failure of Western Civilization is the removal of the person. We have contracts, not covenants; we don’t even understand the latter. We have laws, not Law. All our wonderfully thought out procedures crash against the rocks of reality … Continue reading

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Unpopular Historical Facts

This is not a debate. I hold not a glimmer of hope, under any delusions, that opponents are interested in honest discussion. I know this because I was once on their side. No one I knew or could contact was … Continue reading

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Paranoid Computer Security

You’ve probably heard the old joke: The computer which is most secure from online threats is the one which isn’t online. Most of us use our computers for entirely too many things. If it really is all you have, that’s … Continue reading

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It’s Not Racism

I won’t bother defining the word “racism.” No matter what I say there are too many who will castigate me from any one of several sides on this issue. What? You didn’t know there could be more than two? The … Continue reading

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The Irony of Too Much Information

So, we got this Internet thing humming along, and the whole world can scoop up all sorts of information all in the same instant, on any matter which is published. In general, everyone has equal access to whatever it is, … Continue reading

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The Next Civilization

The current dominance of Western Civilization, basically a Romanized German Cultural Empire, has been in decline for at least a century. We can point to conscious efforts among certain elements to bring this about, though it was quite obviously not … Continue reading

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Not Recommended: openSUSE 11.3

Currently at milestone 7, I highly recommend you avoid openSUSE 11.3 if you plan to boot more than one OS. I tried to install it on one harddrive (PATA/IDE mode), while preserving my RHEL 6.0-Beta install on another (SATA). I … Continue reading

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