Author Archives: ehurst

KDE 3 and User Care

Posted on May 25, 2010 by ehurst

One of my associates at Open for Business has said far better the same complaint I’ve made for years, proving why he’s the one who actually gets paid to write stuff: One perennial problem with free software is that, because … Continue reading →

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Outrigger: 3

Posted on May 25, 2010 by ehurst

It seemed endless, a pattern repeated hour after hour. The truck lumbered across some valley floor, through hamlets, villages and towns. Then their path would struggle up some ribbed ridge, serpentine roads cut into the face of the mountains. Once … Continue reading →

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Outrigger: 2

Posted on May 24, 2010 by ehurst

Harold Krumm, Jr. lay on this back, staring straight up. The others were still trying to catch up. In the light of the fire, they were doing their best to match his rigging on the old military cots. Most of … Continue reading →

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Outrigger: 1

Posted on May 23, 2010 by ehurst

The barren landscape rippled off to the north. At least, he was pretty sure it was north, because the sun was going down more or less to his left, in the same direction the truck was facing. They had ridden … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Karmic and Your fonts.conf

Posted on May 22, 2010 by ehurst

I find it worthwhile to fight with fonts. Over the years I’ve learned a lot about how Linux handles fonts, and the only constant is change. Within Ubuntu, the developers keep making all these wonderful decisions, sometimes to counter to … Continue reading →

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Spidermonkey on Ubuntu Karmic

Posted on May 21, 2010 by ehurst

There is a noteworthy conflict on Karmic if you try to install libmozjs-dev because it conflicts with anything based on xulrunner 1.9. I can’t begin to explain why the Mozilla developers hold Spidermonkey to 1.8, but because of how the … Continue reading →

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Open Source, Closed Mind

Posted on May 18, 2010 by ehurst

This is a rant aimed at the Open Source Software Development Community as a whole. We recognize in the Social Sciences we have no choice but to make generalizations and stereotypes; otherwise, we get nothing done. Every grouping of humans … Continue reading →

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Inherently Broken: Government Employment

Posted on May 16, 2010 by ehurst

Not just military, but every arm of government bureaucracy is utterly anti-human. In this case, we have this universally despised Census Bureau, which has no clue about the US Constitution and the limits of their authority. They apparently also have … Continue reading →

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Debt Is Death

Posted on May 15, 2010 by ehurst

More specifically, debt which is not 100% personal and private is what God hates. Once you break the personal bond, debt is inherently sinful. Christians have completely lost their way on this one. We still have one major institution in … Continue reading →

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Join the Diaspora

Posted on May 14, 2010 by ehurst

Where do you congregate to share with fellow misfits who never join in mainstream pastimes? Where do the non-joiners join up? Diaspora. You can’t join yet, actually. The founders are college students struggling with finals about this time of year, … Continue reading →

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