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Shifting with the Wind on OSes

Posted on July 8, 2010 by ehurst

There is nothing wrong with turning your sails to the wind if it gets where you are going. I find it ludicrous people feel there is some necessity of being tribal about a computer operating system. It requires a particularly … Continue reading →

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Firefox Container Never Closes

Posted on July 7, 2010 by ehurst

The most recent release of Firefox browser contains a new technology which was supposed to help with the way FlashPlayer, Silverlight and Quicktime runs inside the browser. It’s new and sometimes kinda shaky on Windows, at least. Since so many … Continue reading →

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Not My Friend

Posted on July 5, 2010 by ehurst

The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my ally. My only friend is Truth, AKA God. Everyone in Him is also my friend, but a great many of them still work against His revealed truth. My allies are those … Continue reading →

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American Soviet Terror

Posted on July 4, 2010 by ehurst

So you surely have heard by now the infamous Russian spy ring. It took the FBI ten years to act against a crew which did almost no spying on a nation which has more spies than any other. Given the … Continue reading →

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Ignoring Game

Posted on July 3, 2010 by ehurst

People who understand “game” — AKA, the Battle of the Sexes — will tell you in modern Western societies, America in particular, the best approach is none at all. That is, for a guy who really wants to get her … Continue reading →

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It’s the Debt, Stupid

Posted on July 1, 2010 by ehurst

I’m not the only who realizes debt is the reason for this season of madness on earth. All those highly paid economists and other policy wonks are incapable of simple logic, even at the Aristotelian level. Look, every single dollar … Continue reading →

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I’m No Better

Posted on June 30, 2010 by ehurst

Attending high school in the early 1970s in Anchorage, Alaska, I joined the East High School choir because I wasn’t good enough for much else in terms of extra-curricular activities. I just barely qualified to sing with the baritones. I … Continue reading →

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Medical Death System

Posted on June 29, 2010 by ehurst

We don’t have “health care” in the US; not really. What we have is a tightly controlled delivery system for pharmaceutical companies for the sake of unconscionable profits which help to destroy our economy. Yes, we can blame the mortgage … Continue reading →

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Unix Tools on Windows

Posted on June 28, 2010 by ehurst

I still had my old XP license, so I installed it on my spare hard drive. The reason I care at all is, as everyone knows, drivers. Linux drivers for some things are just great, but even HP can’t create … Continue reading →

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Killer Solitaire Package: PySolFC

Posted on June 27, 2010 by ehurst

For quite some years I have been a fan of PySol. If any particular Linux distro dropped it, I dropped that distro. Eventually it seemed to have disappeared. But no, it was rescued by it’s own fan club, so to … Continue reading →

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