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Craigslist and Crash
After two weeks of silence from my Craigslist post, I had forgotten it. While people who want Macs tend to be diligent about searching for available machines, I figured it was too old for anyone to care much. On the … Continue reading
Archives: Porn Is Not Harmless
Among the articles discussing the current round of attempts to place over the world a single governing entity I ran across a timely reminder of cultural degradation. This shows up as a tactic in various plans, including the communists, the … Continue reading
Top Two Windows Text Editors
Over the years, whenever I ran some version of Windows, I was always hunting down new and better text editors. I’ve purchased a couple of the premium versions, but in the long run, it’s hard to beat these two: Cream … Continue reading
XP: Give Me Control
One of the virtues of Linux is total user control, at least in most situations. If you want to delete a critical file, by all means delete it. Linux will allow it. Just remember it probably won’t restart if you … Continue reading
Stuff I Miss on XP
While playing with XP on my system, I’ve picked up the usual Open Source stuff most people know about: Firefox, Thunderbird, Open Office, etc. I’ve tried to find a few other things, but it seems some are just not available. … Continue reading
Trading on Craigslist
I finally decided I have no use for my eMac. It just sits there. I don’t do Mac. It’s okay, but it doesn’t work the way I do, so I’m going to find it a new home. Over the years, … Continue reading
Municipal Computer Virus: No Surprise
Lots of places to find the details, but this one will do: Computer Virus Hits Houston Municipal Courts. Are we surprised? Not if we know anything at all about computers. And governments. Consider how bureaucracies attract, and hold, the least … Continue reading
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Best Audio CD Player on Lenny: Amarok
I love playing good classical music when I’m trying to think. Notice I don’t claim to actually succeed at thinking, but I do succeed at listening to music. It works best if you can find something capable of doing it … Continue reading
CompSec: Another Doomsday Virus
I’m not a mindless fanboy. There are things about Linux which fail. Just now, as I was doing some research on this post, I ran into a website which caused a race condition on my Lenny box. I had to … Continue reading
The Net: Shared Resources and Trust
In a certain sense, there is no law on the Internet. Sure, there are things you can do with the Internet which will get you in trouble with some governments, but that’s invariably a matter of governments protecting their prerogatives … Continue reading