Since you ask, I have been under a lot of stress since I went from contract to full time, thank you. The last few days have been especially unpleasant on the work front. I think it is knocking me somewhat off my spindle. I apologize for any and all stupid comments, and I have deleted an egregious example ( Read more... )

For some reason I'm always pleased to get modded up to 5 on /.. Since I'm no fan of open source software in general, taking the fight to the beast's lair and emerging victorious is very rewarding -- much like, say, being scorned for years as a crackpot firebrand, sticking to my guns, and finding my perspectives and ideas on the lips of the next ( Read more... )

As I have only skimmed your site its hard to say what your position is but I am constantly surprised to meet OTO people who are entirely wrapped up in the propaganda of the order ( Read more... )

Today I read keith418's pieces on SMART goals for the OTO. The SMART formula seems workable enough, although I am always wary of smarmy, over-marketed planning models. We might ask why we should concentrate on goals and strategy rather than on requirements, whether a matrix organization or a traditional hierarchy would better fit the organizational goals, ( Read more... )

What is it that makes watching a train wreck so fascinating, so that even though we are ashamed of ourselves, we can't tear our eyes away, and only wish it had the decency not to occur in front of us and face us with this impossible choice ( Read more... )

A /. story led me to the archives of the Linux kernel mailing list. In this I am reminded of one personal reason I have never been attracted to the Free Software or Open Source ideology. It requires a major lifestyle commitment which involves the company of unpleasant people, as a quick browse through those archives will demonstrate. ( Read more... )

Gnosis, Mystery and Unitarian Universalism
  By Jeva Singh-Anand, 1 April 2001

De Libertate Mentis (from Liber AlephThere shall be no property in Human Thought. Let each think as he will concerning the Universe; but let none seek to impose that Thought upon another by any Threat of Penalty in this World or any other World.... I charge thee therefore that thou permit none to tyrannize any other in Thought, or to threaten, or ( Read more... )

Afghans' uranium levels spark alert - By Alex Kirby, BBC News Online

A small sample of Afghan civilians have shown "astonishing" levels of uranium in their urine, an independent scientist says ( Read more... )

Broomstick-Babblings (from The Book of Lies     FRATER PERDURABO is of the Sanhedrim of the Sabbath, say men; He is the Old Goat himself, say women ( Read more... )