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Enough CentOS

Posted on April 14, 2014 by ehurst

It drove me crazy. Yes, I am competent to make it work for most things, but some issues were just too much trouble. Keep in mind that when RHEL 6 (followed by the clones like CentOS) came out, it was … Continue reading →

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CentOS 6.5 Tutorial

Posted on April 12, 2014 by ehurst

If you are using any of the RHEL clones or simply know something about them, I would invite you to review my latest tutorial before I publish it in book form. I don’t address servers, just the workstation environment. I … Continue reading →

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Call for Consciousness

Posted on April 7, 2014 by ehurst

It’s documented if you really want to see it. About a century ago in the US a bunch of wealth industrialists and financiers hired some pointy-headed elitists (a think tank) to devise a means for hijacking classical liberal arts education. … Continue reading →

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Enough Kubuntu

Posted on April 6, 2014 by ehurst

I had enough. By no means did I expect perfection of any sort. The thing was in beta, so it was supposed to be a little buggy. That is not what bothered me. It was the constant defaults that were … Continue reading →

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AI’s Children Done

Posted on April 3, 2014 by ehurst

The draft is finished. I’m running through it again before I offer it for pre-release reading. Here’s another excerpt to whet your appetite. ———- Brave soldiers who faced explosions and gunfire with enthusiasm would cower in fear at the withering … Continue reading →

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Free Friday

Posted on March 28, 2014 by ehurst

The story is absorbing most of my writing energy right now. I’m up to 12 chapters on AI’s Children and already two people are dead but the single greatest threat to the Brotherhood has been neutralized. That doesn’t mean they … Continue reading →

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Kubuntu Beta 2 Is Here

Posted on March 27, 2014 by ehurst

I’m downloading it using BitTorrent right now. The update was put up sometime today. I went out for a long bike ride and it was waiting when I got back. If you want your copy, go here. This is the … Continue reading →

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Bits & Pieces 15

Posted on March 25, 2014 by ehurst

I really don’t like gatekeepers when it comes to information. I recognize the necessity of paying to get online and that the Internet would not exist without all that expensive hardware. However, the virtual world is itself an entirely different … Continue reading →

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Saturday Report — 22 March 2014

Posted on March 22, 2014 by ehurst

The second book in The Brotherhood series is taking a little longer to get rolling. The story is more difficult, as I’m trying to spread it among a trio of primary characters and creating some bad guys with more substance. … Continue reading →

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Quantum Privacy

Posted on March 21, 2014 by ehurst

If you render it into a digital format, it’s public domain. When the only thing protecting you is government policy, you have no protection at all. The mere existence of any entity’s access means it will be used and abused. … Continue reading →

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