I've been a contractor too long ( Read more... )

There's a Kid Rock parody in there somewhere.

I don't think George Lucas is molding his own poop into plastic molds anymore. I think he has 15 year olds in China to do that for him now.

What do you do when not even the poop is authentic George Lucas?

I'm actually a bit excited by the up-coming Kinect Star Wars game.I'm not even sure if I care if ( Read more... )

Who?

Dennis Ritchie is the guy that co-wrote the Unix OS and the K&R C programming language.

Huh?

iPhone? Andoid phone?

Those are cool. Hey, Steve Jobs invented the iPhone!

WRONG! You may not have a computer in front of you if it wasn't for this guy.

Here are some cause and effect charts:

File Operating Systems:

UNIX >
Linux >
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Level-based RPGs (yes, non-level-based RPGs exist) go something like this:

• You just killed the band of marauding Orcs and their leader that (burned your village and slew your parents). Level up! Now how to celebrate?
• Kill the entire tribe of maruading Orcs! Level up!
• Kill the evil Wizard that controlled the tribe of marauding Orcs. Level up!
• Kill. ( Read more... )

Painful infections that require antibiotics (plural) with a side effect of dizziness are "fun". The complications that may arise from having an infection are not, and may possibly include rupturing and DEATH. If you're experiencing severe pain that won't go away, there may be something wrong; you should go see a Doctor. Now ( Read more... )

I saw Conan the Barbarian last night. This movie rocks if you like:

• Pre-Tolkien-esque Sword and Sorcery
• Sex
• Violence
• Boris Vallejo style artwork

If you would rather have an enlightened and artful literary discussion, then you should read the original Conan tales by Robert E. Howard. Howard's original tales feature sword fights, dark sorcerous cults, and ( Read more... )

So then what do I do after ranting against SONY? I go out and buy a cheap set of SONY headphones. At least they haven't tried to re-invent the 1/8 inch stereo headphone jack yet. Oh, wait- that's why I hated my SONY Ericsson phone. Never-mind.

I knew better, and I still bought that phone. Sigh.

I was listening to a NPR NEWS story about how hackers have been hammering at all things SONY through multiple security vulnerabilities. I think the story falsely attributed the motivation behind these attacks. NPR stated that the attacks were in response to SONY's law suit against GeoHot, the hacker that hacked the PS3 to show that users (SONY's ( Read more... )

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I'm looking at a What-Were-They-Thinking advertisement that I won't describe for fear of providing free advertising in any form. This ad contains at least three You've-Got-To-Be-Kidding-Me's, but I don't think that their marketing department is that stupid and socially oblivious.

This is why I sometimes fear faux-scandal-bait and Internet memes. ( Read more... )