Tag Archives: computers

Plans Afoot

Posted on February 21, 2012 by ehurst

I’ve asked my friend, Tim Butler, to set up a blog on our server using his Open Source CMS, SAFARI 2 (all caps). I won’t have a link until it’s up and running, but I’ll post that soon as it … Continue reading →

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Popular Already: March 2012

Posted on February 20, 2012 by ehurst

An awful lot of stuff is being promised for next month. Not even in sight yet, and already March is very popular with an awful lot of folks. You got Half-Past Human promising foreboding events that month. There’s the promise … Continue reading →

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Archive Update

Posted on February 17, 2012 by ehurst

(Please note: This ancient post refers to a static website that no longer exists.) For those keeping track of my static website, I’ve updated my Christian Mysticism HOWTO, both the webpage and the PDF version. In essence, I added one … Continue reading →

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Web of Deceit

Posted on February 14, 2012 by ehurst

I hear a lot of folks crying about advertising on web pages. One camp says they’ve gotten too aggressive, to the point you can’t access any content unless you permit the most egregious demands for placing tracking cookies, tracking webbugs, … Continue reading →

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Elitism and the GUI

Posted on February 11, 2012 by ehurst

As a group, the people who write most of the code for Open Source GUIs have no idea what typical users want. I’ve noted before the strength of Open Source is those who code can do anything they like. That’s … Continue reading →

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Do What I Say, Not What I Do

Posted on January 23, 2012 by ehurst

Granted, the current Hollywood moguls are not the same people who built it, but they most certainly do know where it all came from. I missed this nugget the other day, until it showed up on an investment website: Over … Continue reading →

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Herding Logic and SOPA/PIPA (Updated)

Posted on January 20, 2012 by ehurst

Taking down MegaUpload was a calculated PsyOp. It’s not hard to understand. While I admire the heroics of blacking out the the entry page to numerous websites, the psychopaths will not be bullied. The language used by Chris Dodd should … Continue reading →

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Tell Me Sweet Little Lies

Posted on January 19, 2012 by ehurst

Cherry picking your facts is actually a bigger lie than simply stating falsehoods. On 3 May 1999, we had a bit of wind and rain outside our home. That’s the facts, but not the truth. Okay, it’s only some of … Continue reading →

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Technocracy of War, Epilogue

Posted on January 14, 2012 by ehurst

So as he sat in his chair some years later, Mantis reflected on how quickly his ad hoc academy had gone from a two story WW2 barracks building with barely 200 machines to where it was today. He was Chief … Continue reading →

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Technocracy of War, Part 10

Posted on January 13, 2012 by ehurst

Early that next morning, Thad was clawing up from a deep and troubled sleep to realize his phone was ringing. Struggling to be alert enough to respond intelligently to whatever it was so important to wake him just after dawn. … Continue reading →

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