The Good Ship Level 3 Sinks…but Comcast screws the pooch too
I found this great nugget on the nanog list again. You can read my opinions about this tussle here and here. In a message written on Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 08:12:23PM -0600, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: > The part that I find most interesting about this current debacle is how > Comcast has managed to… Read more
More on the Comcast-Level 3 spat
Folks are piling onto Comcast but I am thinking they are wrong. There’s one section in this post that blows Level 3’s arguments so full of holes swiss cheese looks solid: So what’s the issue? Level 3 told the world that Comcast had hit it up for more money in order to deliver traffic from Level 3′s customers… Read more
Comcast: Pay Or No Play(Not Really)
Karl has this one nailed. Just because Comcast is the bigger of the two doesn’t make it automatically wrong. L3 is trying to push the colocation costs of CDN traffic to Comcast and L3 got Called on it. Here’s a post on NANOG I found that very well illustrates what’s really going on: Having been… Read more
It Begins
If you have a 401K get out of it…yesterday. it’s only a matter of time before the US gov’t does this as well. France, Ireland and Hungary Seize Pensions As Part of Move By Governments to Use Long Term Assets to Fill Short-Term Deficits ? Washington’s Blog.
How Ineffective is the TSA? Watch This.(NSFW Language)
You still submit to this pornfest/sexual assault why? via YouTube – #w00tstock Seattle: Adam Savage says “WTF, TSA?”.
What an Awesome Site! What an Awesome Gift!
Hat Tip to Molotov Mitchel for letting me know about this one. 52 Godly Men : Men of Today Teaching the Men of Tomorrow.
Linux Gaming is Coming
This company’s game engine is brutal even on the latest hardware but the graphics are gorgeious. This is being relased for PC, PS3, AND Linux. YouTube – OilRush naval strategy game: the first teaser.
TSA Steals **A Child**? You Decide – MarketTicker Forums
Nough said..read the link. I would just hang out on this blog. He is doing the best job of outing this travesty. It’ll be a bigger travesty if the American people continue to allow this. If WE don’t stop this right now by NOT FLYING AT ALL we have become the U.S.S.A. I honestly hope we have not become… Read more
Guess who owns the US?
The Commercial No Network Will Air – MarketTicker Forums.
Matt Taibbi: Courts Helping Banks Screw Over Homeowners | Rolling Stone Politics
This is a huge report. Read EVERY page. Now the courts are involved int he fraud. If it’s happening in Florida it’s everywhere folks. check on your own mortgage immediately..make sure you have the paperwork on your own. Don’t depend on the mortgage brokers to have their copy. The foreclosure lawyers down in Jacksonville had warned me, but I was skeptical. They told… Read more
The TSA is not about security. it about making the American public more compliant with gov’t intrustions
Third party quotes are italicized while karl’s comments are underlined. After you read the following material hit the link as well. take this all in. children are being actively molested by TSA agents. Are you REALLY able to consciously allow your children to fly now in the face of this? Really? En route home through… Read more
Why do You Continue to Fly?
The TSA warns that any would-be commercial airline passenger who enters an airport checkpoint and refuses to be subjected to the method of inspection designated by the TSA will not be allowed to fly and also will not be permitted to simply leave the airport (emphasis added). The TSA will work with local police in… Read more
This reminds me of Ryan(A man I work with who also has Down’s syndrome)
This reminds me of Ryan in so many ways. I work with him at my mowing job Mike’s mowing. Ryan is hte owner’s son. Sometimes he drives me nuts but you simply can’t look past his personality..:) Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
TSA to investigate body scan resister
Now the oppression begins. This person resisted and now he’s “under investigtion” TSA to investigate body scan resister – SignOnSanDiego.com.
Are you still going to fly now? This WILL CONTINUE UNTIL YOU DON’T SLY AT ALL!!! The TSAs invasive new screening measures include officers literally putting their hands down peoples pants if they are wearing baggy clothing in a shocking new elevation of groping procedures that have stoked a nationwide revolt against privacy-busting airport security… Read more
TSA encounter at SAN…Somebody Finally Stands up These Thugs
This also has video at the bottom of the post. Read the whole things closely..don’t just scan it. : TSA encounter at SAN.
Janet Tavakoli On Bank Foreclosure Fraud – MarketTicker Forums
Janet Tavakoli On Bank Foreclosure Fraud – MarketTicker Forums. Janet Tavakoli on Bank Foreclosure Fraud from David Fry on Vimeo.
Why Software Patents are bad
According to patent law math is one thing that can’t be patented. What is software? At it’s most basic it’s 1’s and 0’s which is…math. Cpu’s process things in integers and floating point calculations..and that’s…math. How about we simply enforce the current patent law and have all software patents thrown out? For leaders like Moglen to discourage direct lobbying against software patenting probably… Read more
Gov’t searches on the highways without warrants.
Hello! This is nother major violation of the US Constitution by the gov’t. Lookout! Government peering at you with X-rays on highway.
Opt Out of the Airport Scanners for Health and Privacy – We Won’t Fly .com
Opt Out of the Airport Scanners for Health and Privacy – We Won’t Fly .com.
For the First Time, the TSA Meets Resistance – Jeffrey Goldberg – National – The Atlantic
So either you get molested or you get added to the government’s pornography collection. You folks continue to fly why? Agents were funneling every passenger at this particular checkpoint through a newly installed back-scatter body imaging device, which allows the agency’s security officers to, in essence, see under your clothing. The machine captures an image of… Read more
Meet the TSA…child molesters
Some travelers are also livid about how children are being screened. During a trip last Sunday by a father and son through Orlando airport in Florida, the 8-year-old boy was selected for extra screening by TSA after going through the metal detector. The father said the officer described the procedure before conducting it. Then he… Read more
TSA = “The Sexual Assault” (On Children?!) – MarketTicker Forums
Words aren’t needed..click the link. TSA = “The Sexual Assault” (On Children?!) – MarketTicker Forums.
Drudge Stirs National Debate On TSA Abuse
nough said..read the link. Drudge Stirs National Debate On TSA Abuse.
The Porn Fest Continues
Anyone who thinks these machines don’t generate pornography is either blind or willfully ignorant. Backlash grows over TSA’s ‘naked strip searches’ | Privacy Inc. – CNET News.
For Everyone of the Politically Correct Persuasion
If you aren’t interested in hearing some hard nosed truth not glossed over and made nice and squishy don’t hit play. If you want to see the non pc presentation of some very relevant truths not only watch the video but look at the playlist embedded as well.
Heart Attack Grill = My Kind of Joint Foodwise
Heart Attack Grill serves quadruple bypass burgers – TODAY Health – Diet and nutrition – TODAYshow.com.
Further Explanation of Why We Need to Move to Postgres
This article says it better than i can. The GPL is actually now causing more issues than it solved. I would actually use the GPL to RESTRICT who can use my software and how..whereas the BSD license is truly a Free Open Source license. Internal Email on Why a Software Company Migrates Away from MySQL.
Gov’t Sexual Assaults Getting Out of Control.
These body scanners produce clear images of naked persons..including children..it’s a porn fest. If you refuse the scanners you are then sexually assaulted by the TSA. I will not fly at this point..ever…i’m going to not let my girls on flights either. TSA Groping Out Of Control.
Sex, Drugs More Common in Hyper-Texting Teens – FoxNews.com
Sex, Drugs More Common in Hyper-Texting Teens – FoxNews.com.
Obama’s $2 billion India armada
To me, Obama’s rationalization for the extravagance is more outrageous than spending more money the U.S. Treasury doesn’t have. He says the purpose of the India excursion is to bring jobs and economic opportunities to the U.S. through expanded trade. What’s wrong with this picture? Expanded trade with India for the foreseeable future spells a… Read more
Jerry Jones Fires the Wrong Man
His title says it all eam owner-general manager Jerry Jones Jerry Jones needs to fire himself as the general manager….most likely as the team owner as well because he can’t out of the team’s way so the team can actually play and win. When he has somebody who would time him to kiss off(jimmy johnson, bill parcells) the cowboys were… Read more
My Wife gets one..:)
“One of the things that plucks my nerves is being led by followers” Heather Warren
Obama = Modern day Nero
While our economy goes down the toilet he hosts not only opulent parties with the most expensive things that can be bought but this level of spending for a trade summit is beyond description. The US economy is burning and he is out dancing all over the world. Obama’s India visit security erect a bomb… Read more
Meet my new truck..:)
Fords EcoBoost F-150 packs a powerful punch – Business – Autos – MotorHead – msnbc.com. You’ll need another company’s V-10 to outdo this truck’s v6!!!!
It’s time to move to postgres
InnoDB Storage Engine Dropped From Oracle MySQL Classic Edition. Oracle owns Innodb and now MySQL. It’s time to move from Mysql to postgres. Not one of the mysql forks..but postgres. Oracle is beginning the squeeze of Sun’s properties.
HOw True a Statement this is
I saw this on vbulletin.com by steve machol I want to live in a world where a chicken can cross a road without its motives being questioned.
More Casualties of Oracle’s Purchase of Sun
Slashdot Developers Story | 33 Developers Leave OpenOffice.org. Openoffice is for all intents dead. Libreoffice is where it’s at which is what i am going to be trying out for possible reccomendations.