(For the record: I tagged based on the conversation, not on what I wrote. I do need to tone down my tagging, though. :-P)

Home for Thanksgiving.

I just spent the last hour or so explaining things like Microsoft's market dominance ("No startup can be the next Microsoft unless some other company is prepared to bend over at just the right moment and ( Read more... )

From VeganSociety.com:Donald Watson (1910-2005 ( Read more... )

Ummm, internet ( Read more... )

If anyone named Jeff out there is looking for help, markasparov8 seemed very interested in his sleep right now in giving it, asking you several times if you want a hand, and telling you to come wake him if you need help. So, Jeff, wherever you may be, if you need help, just come by Village B 226, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA (Planet Earth, etc, etc ( Read more... )

I've recently joined linux and linuxsupport, and I can't help but wonder: What's with this anti-RTFM attitude? *Nix hackers being kind, polite, helpful, and disparaging of anyone they consider overly critical? Since when did computer geeks grow social skills? Particularly this set ( Read more... )

The UNet servers all just had really high latency for a minute or two - I was experiencing high lag in my screen session on diane, and people / norm.unet was serving up webpages at crawl. Then everything seemed to return to normal.

Weird. Anyone know what might have happened?

Subject says it all.

TheJusticeOnline.com: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Darwinism is a religion, shouldn't be promoted by a college president

Umm.... O - K.

Where was I when science became a religion?

So I was planning (after 6 weeks away) on finally moving back into my dorm room (markasparov8's dingle for most of this semester, really) tonight/yesterday/Sunday the 6th, but dealing with a squirrel that got into the house earlier today/Sunday ate up hours (3+?) between tracking, catching (lots of time), cleanup, etc. When I got out of the shower some time ( Read more... )

While talking with Jen:J: How's your midterm going?
C: Ummm... I should probably download the question from WebCT, shouldn't I?
J: Christopher! What Class is this for?
C: Women's Studies.
J: Oh, nevermind. You can BS that. I was actually worried about it before.
C: *laughs*

Also: Everyone should assault mah_zeh's various inboxen wishing her a Happy ( Read more... )