George Carlin, one of my favorite comedians of all time, has died.  I'd like to say that his cleverness will live on, but it's going to be hard to find another comedian who had such a brilliant knack for the art ( Read more... )

Quoth the Supreme Court of the United States:
(iii) The Government’s sovereignty-based test raises troubling
separation-of-powers concerns, which are illustrated by Guantanamo’s
political history. Although the United States has maintained
complete and uninterrupted control of Guantanamo for over
100 years, the Government’s view is that the Constitution ( Read more... )

There's a slide rule, with a pi-encoded signature.
There's a movie, whose ending is still to be written (but which is, apparently, generating buzz...).
There's an iPod, which now runs Python.
There's a meeting with my favorite rapper of all time.
There's a meeting with my favorite poet of all time--
And an autographed copy of his book, made out to "Paul ( Read more... )

If anybody here knows somebody that looking for a dedicated, talented, in-country electronics technician with a SECRET security clearance to work in Iraq, let me know-- I'll drop my resume with you.  I'm up in Mosul, if it makes a difference, but I'm willing to go wherever I'm needed.

Las Vegas Strippers May Influence Global Nuclear-Waste Policy

Goddamn motherfucking sonsofbitches!

Fucking DD Form 214 (that's my discharge paperwork, folks) came in the mail today.

AND IT SAYS SENIOR AIRMAN!

Why the fuck did I even BOTHER to fight for my promotion?  Did they not NOTICE the last six months of fighting, tooth and nail, for my proper rank?  Did they forget about the goddamn Inspector General ( Read more... )

Anybody wishing to protect access to a copyrighted work, may I humbly suggest the use of the following RSA public key ( Read more... )

For the record, the following set of twin primes are a violation of the DMCA:
56935284290569967803903010125529881987451480807
56935284290569967803903010125529881987451480809

In hexadecimal, these numbers are expressed as:
0x09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C000006AE7
0x09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C000006AE9

[UPDATE]
The following Sophie Germain prime pair ( Read more... )

They did the conversion on Dad. He's back to normal, now-- his heart rate is healthy and his heart is in much better condition to pump blood. His blood pressure is still worrisome, but it's always been that way-- he's had high blood pressure since he was my age ( Read more... )

My father went in for diagnostic heart surgery on Thursday, around 0600. At 1100, he was wheeled back out of the operating room, having undergone emergency angioplasty and installation of stents. Given that he's currently already suffering from abnormally high heart rate and high blood pressure, the doctors said that it was a miracle he hadn't ( Read more... )