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Vignettes 1
A collection of small thoughts. They are connected, but can be considered individually. 1. The Democratic Party was hijacked about four decades ago. It had been a fairly conservative, rural oriented bunch of old men, but became home to American … Continue reading
Sometimes It Scares Me
It scares me when someone in a fairly mainstream publication says something which makes sense. I’m afraid Greenwald does that now and then. In a democracy, one could expect that politicians would be afraid to express a view that 70% … Continue reading
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Posting from Elinks
Just testing how well I can do this all from Elinks, the plain text browser. Lately I have been somewhat disappointed at sites which have so completely changed, you can no longer view them from a plain text browser. This … Continue reading
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Talking Past Each Other
Why did I know it would happen? I got some of my views on rolling release published on a webzine. Immediately, comments began to appear, as I had hoped. That means people are reading it and thinking about it. Except, … Continue reading
Decreasing Returns: Put the Brakes on Rolling Release
In Economics, we speak of the principle of decreasing returns. At some point, putting more resources into something no longer produces as much profit. As the thing becomes more complex, it gets more difficult to move forward without making major … Continue reading
HTML Word Processing
The basic purpose of a word processor is to format text for printing. If you aren’t going to put it on paper, you really have no need for a word processor. However, I find a huge portion of the computer … Continue reading
Opera Reconsidered
CentOS isn’t all that friendly to standard desktop use, but it can be tamed. It has become my choice because once I get things working, I can pretty much expect it will continue working for the next couple of years, … Continue reading
CentOS Fix: GNOME Mahjongg Scores on “Difficult” Level
This is pretty minor and doesn’t warrant much discussion. When you play Mahjongg on the default game called “Difficult,” upon completion of that game a window pops up saying your score qualifies for the Top Ten. However, the window is … Continue reading
More on Rolling Release
Let’s get one thing clear: I utterly despise the brand of morality and ethics displayed by Microsoft. Gates knew a thing or two about computers, just enough to steal everything he built; he never comprehended the difference between good and … Continue reading
Return to Sanity: CentOS Is Home
After a few days of testing Debian Lenny AMD64, I just can’t make it home. Yes, the packages are newer, and once it hits “stable” in the Debian developer cycle, it will be supported for a long time. Still, there … Continue reading