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Quietly, Slowly Unraveling at the Edges

Posted on July 6, 2009 by ehurst

No, not my sanity; that’s long gone. I’m referring to the American Empire. It would be easy to through lots of links at you, but I’ll let you read for yourself. Try What Really Happened or The Sagebrush Saloon, just … Continue reading →

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Console: Not Giving Up

Posted on July 3, 2009 by ehurst

Nobody has to tell me I’m flaky. I managed to figure that out a long ago. I’m still trying to get life on the console worked out, even if there are things I can’t do without building the OS from … Continue reading →

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No Quibbling: Risque Ads Are Sin

Posted on July 2, 2009 by ehurst

I have a couple of friends who regularly debate ads on the Internet. It’s not really new. On the one hand, without advertising revenue, some fairly valuable information would not be available on the Net. On the other hand, advertisers … Continue reading →

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Social Security: Lying Insecurity

Posted on July 1, 2009 by ehurst

The other day I got my annual Social Security Statement. Is there anybody who really believes in this any more? How many don’t know there is no such thing as any actual accounts with money in your name? Yes, some … Continue reading →

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Unspeakable Foolishness Called “Democracy”

Posted on June 30, 2009 by ehurst

Democracy in the widest sense of the word includes any system of government by which the people decide things. A republic is simply indirect democracy. The result of making it indirect is to slightly slow the degradation inherent in the … Continue reading →

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No Life on the Commandline

Posted on June 29, 2009 by ehurst

It was fun, and I really gave it a good run. I tried hard to make things work the way I needed them to work, but it was not to be. At least, not yet. I have found evidence there … Continue reading →

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FreeBSD: Busted

Posted on June 28, 2009 by ehurst

I’m posting this from a borrowed Windows machine. FreeBSD was a bust. I got the whole thing optimized and ready to rock-n-roll, but most of the ports I needed were broken. That is, they refused to build, or did crazy … Continue reading →

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Squeeze Too Dependent on X

Posted on June 27, 2009 by ehurst

I’m finding I can’t even install Groff without X. I was willing to learn how to mark up in troff so I could print a few things now and then, but I can’t get the basic Groff package without heavy … Continue reading →

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Console Keyboard: No Help

Posted on June 25, 2009 by ehurst

After reading countless webpages, manpages, and everything I could find, I realize it’s pointless to try to fix the Debian console keymap files. In the first place, Debian places in the keymaps tons of useless keystrokes no human could possibly … Continue reading →

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Console Life: Adjustments

Posted on June 24, 2009 by ehurst

This is not about what you should do if you run the console, but what I have experience with Squeeze on my Inspiron 4100 laptop. I tested the Radeon Framebuffer (“radeonfb”). While it does work, it’s not quite right. There … Continue reading →

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