Author Archives: ehurst

Settling in the Land Without Words

Posted on December 8, 2010 by ehurst

I am now a settled citizen of the Land Without Words, the higher plane of life and sanity. If you followed me here, and kept track of my explorations, you are now on your own. There’s not much more I … Continue reading →

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Making the Prison Tolerable

Posted on December 7, 2010 by ehurst

Yesterday I wrote you cannot package salvation. That’s not to say there is no useful guide to action in helping people get a hint of sanity. There most certainly is a defined course of action on this plane of existence … Continue reading →

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Unpackaged Salvation

Posted on December 6, 2010 by ehurst

I’ve met quite a few folks who wanted to save the world. Some of them are family members. They offer beatific visions of Utopia, an answer to all the ills of world — but of course, only those ills they … Continue reading →

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The State of the Revolution

Posted on December 5, 2010 by ehurst

I am conducting a revolution. I’m not leading one, because I am not aware of anyone following me. I understand I am influencing a handful of folks, but I’m a revolutionary individual, not a revolutionary leader. That’s because the foundation … Continue reading →

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Stumbling Around RHEL 6.0: Printing (Updated)

Posted on December 4, 2010 by ehurst

Way back in the old days of Red Hat, printing was no more difficult than using the supplied RedHat config tool for setting up your LPRng queue. Since the arrival of CUPS, I’ve often felt it continues to be one … Continue reading →

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Radical Honesty

Posted on December 3, 2010 by ehurst

The world isn’t ready for honesty. Sure, we like to think we prefer it, but the issue depends on our own internal willingness to be honest with ourselves. One of the pillars of Christian Mysticism is a radical commitment to … Continue reading →

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Stumbling Around RHEL 6.0: Kernel Update

Posted on December 2, 2010 by ehurst

I keep two harddrives in my system so I can test different OSes while keeping one I can trust. After playing awhile with RHEL 6.0 Beta, I let it go and went back to using Ubuntu Lucid. I had some … Continue reading →

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Decentralized versus Centralized DNS: Why?

Posted on December 1, 2010 by ehurst

In a discussion on a private mailing list, the issue of decentralized DNS was raised, in light of the recent battles between the corporate media working through government versus the pirate industry. Why would a bunch of Christian Open Source … Continue reading →

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Underground Internet and Global Patterns

Posted on December 1, 2010 by ehurst

Global patterns: It’s not about ultimate truth and reality, any more than a single model of human behavior can explain everything we observe. Detecting a global pattern is simply a way of modeling human behavior on a broad scope. I’m … Continue reading →

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Righteous Survival in a Global Meltdown

Posted on November 29, 2010 by ehurst

Ambitious title for my post, no? So we had late yesterday (US time) the dreaded Wikileaks release of secret embassy traffic. I reiterate what I’ve said in the past: Notice who wasn’t embarrassed by this stuff. The major player in … Continue reading →

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