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The Laptop Oracles: Preface
Edward, a madman and prophet of Jehovah, typing on a Dell laptop: The West is dying, and will be overtaken by the Networked Civilization. We shall have world governments, but the only ones which remain very long will build on … Continue reading
The Internet Fire Burns
I’m angry. I’ve had up to my eyes, and it’s time to set them straight, to slap some hands. Curiosity is a human trait; it’s built in and you can’t simply remove it. It can be disabled at great cost … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, internet, oppression, propaganda, resistance
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Your Facebook Spyware Is from the Government
Forgotten in all the hubbub about OBL is something the Electronic Frontier Foundation reported a few days ago. When fixing computers for people, most of what I do is remove spyware, followed numerically by a handful of viruses. The biggest … Continue reading
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Tagged compsec, government, oppression, resistance
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Introducing MAFIAA Fire Firefox Addon
As noted here previously, I firmly believe under God’s Laws once any media, text or software has been rendered in a digital format, and become accessible in any way via the Internet, no copyright can apply. Yes, the digital world … Continue reading
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Tagged browsers, culture, government, internet
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Firefox 4.0 Simple Build on RHEL 6
Update: This is now out of date. Unless you insist on running FF4 or FF5, please see the update for FF6. As far as I can tell, there will be no official release of Firefox 4 for RHEL 6 and … Continue reading
The Gaga Stamp of Disapproval
Let’s pretend something outrageous. Let’s pretend somehow Lady Gaga saw me, and said I was hot. I’d be horrified, sick to my stomach, insulted. Naturally, it will never happen. Not only do I not appeal to very many women, but … Continue reading
Scientific Linux 6.0 Released Today
In case you weren’t watching for this anywhere else, you can now download the full release ISOs for SL 6.0: Go here for 32-bit ISO and here for 64-bit If, like me, you installed any of the betas and RCs, … Continue reading
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Tagged linux, scientific linux
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Scientific Linux 6-RC2 on Inspiron 1525
It’s not that I didn’t like running Debian Squeeze on my laptop, it’s that there was no reason to ever use the laptop since my desktop was identical. I noticed Scientific Linux (SL) was close to releasing their 6.0 and … Continue reading
Debian Squeeze: Browser Wars
All browsers suck. Some suck less than others, but none of them are actually good. (Note the sarcasm warning.) I’ve been testing and tweaking the various graphical browsers available for Debian Squeeze: Iceweasel, Epiphany, Iceape, Opera and Google Chrome. The … Continue reading
Basic Computer Help Service
This is an outline of what I do when people bring me a computer which isn’t working properly. Aside from undoing mistakes and diagnosing hardware failures, most of it consists of cleaning up the operating system. There are no secrets … Continue reading