Oliver: You are a beautiful, beautiful man.
Angel: Thanks.
Oliver: You're an actor.
Angel: No.
Oliver: That wasn't a question. I'm Oliver. Ask anyone about Oliver. They'll tell you I'm a fierce animal. I'm your manager as soon as you call.
Angel: I'm not an actor.
Oliver: Funny. I like the humor. I like the whole thing. Call me. This isn't a come on. I'm in a very serious relationship with a landscape architect.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Favorite Scene from "Angel"
Self Knowledge Part 1
And Knowing is Half the Battle...
In my battle for control over Self, I have been doing self discovery journeys end to end.
Some things I thought interesting is the fact that scents really do call functions remotely within my mid-brain.
Kinda like XML-RPC, only for Wetware, kind creepy, huh? Well, anyway, now that I know this, I can use the same methods to call Localhost so I don't have to fight myself all of the time.
Here is the list of scents that are guaranteed to work:
Listed Previously...
WTMI...
My Favorite Thing About Open Source
Redundancy!
I'm not kidding! I love the fact that KDE and GNOME are completely redundant!
You could flip a coin and know, absolutely, that there is no losing, because both are utterly right!
Now yes, it is true, that Open Source Developers tend to be very dedicated to their work, and as a result, put their heart and soul into their babies, and will get very emotional over their contributions (wouldn't anyone?), but as a rule, there is no wrong answer.
KDE and GNOME are by no means mutually exclusive, and though they do have compatibility issues, they are, like Democraticism and Republicanism, best together.
Flame me if you got what it takes, I'll outflame anyone!
Friday, December 19, 2008
Education Platform: Reform Education Posthaste!
I have some links. Google better not block them, as I will be angry.
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS148013+27-Jun-2008+PRN20080627
[Link to Article @ Reuters]
Newscaster Assumes Government Responsibility
Government at Fault - Government NEVER Solves the Problems THEY Cause
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008016.pdf
[PDF Publication on Lack of American Education]
Government Admits THEY are to Blame - Presumably so they can be Re-elected to "Solve" the problems THEY Caused
http://www.strongamericanschools.org/american-education-standards
[Example Platform for American Reform]
The Platform Most Likely Assumes that Government will Mediate or Dictate Curricular Standard (Which is Why We are so Ignorant in the First Place!!!)
It is very important to PRIVATIZE EDUCATION!!!
If we do, WE CHOOSE the school, WE CHOOSE WHEN, WHERE, HOW, and WHY we send our children to school.
To solve this problem, and please be patient, we must:
This means that All primary, secondary, and tertiary schools will regulate themselves according to what will provide their students the most profitable careers possible.
The fact that this boom in private schools, the subsequent revolutionary techniques, technology, and teaching practices that have been suppressed by circumstances under the Government's involvement and interference will provide opportunities for students, teachers, instructors, educators, teachers, researchers, and many other industries that depend on education like that never before seen in the history of the United States.
I promise you, that if this process that I will publish is not corrupted and undermined by the political crooks responsible for our current crisis, you will see America Soar to the Top 5 in 10 Years (or less).
In my next post I will provide a copy of the Sample Platform.
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS148013+27-Jun-2008+PRN20080627
[Link to Article @ Reuters]
Newscaster Assumes Government Responsibility
Government at Fault - Government NEVER Solves the Problems THEY Cause
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008016.pdf
[PDF Publication on Lack of American Education]
Government Admits THEY are to Blame - Presumably so they can be Re-elected to "Solve" the problems THEY Caused
http://www.strongamericanschools.org/american-education-standards
[Example Platform for American Reform]
The Platform Most Likely Assumes that Government will Mediate or Dictate Curricular Standard (Which is Why We are so Ignorant in the First Place!!!)
It is very important to PRIVATIZE EDUCATION!!!
If we do, WE CHOOSE the school, WE CHOOSE WHEN, WHERE, HOW, and WHY we send our children to school.
To solve this problem, and please be patient, we must:
- Abolish every law concerning Education (period)
- Abolish Mandatory Education, Public School, the Board of Education, etc.
- Abolish all Requirements Regarding Education Whatsoever.
This means that All primary, secondary, and tertiary schools will regulate themselves according to what will provide their students the most profitable careers possible.
The fact that this boom in private schools, the subsequent revolutionary techniques, technology, and teaching practices that have been suppressed by circumstances under the Government's involvement and interference will provide opportunities for students, teachers, instructors, educators, teachers, researchers, and many other industries that depend on education like that never before seen in the history of the United States.
I promise you, that if this process that I will publish is not corrupted and undermined by the political crooks responsible for our current crisis, you will see America Soar to the Top 5 in 10 Years (or less).
In my next post I will provide a copy of the Sample Platform.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Link List
Starter Sources:
Particular Articles of Note:
("Liberated Money Printing" -- Free Market + Strong Dollar)
(Small, Powerful Book on REAL Economics)
(Every High School Economics Class Should Issue This Book!)
("Time, not Poison" -- Pork Barrel + Weak Dollar)
Particular Articles of Note:
(Every High School Economics Class Should Issue This Book!)
Strong Dollar vs Weak Dollar
I wish I was more knowledgeable on this subject as it is something that everyone needs to learn.
I will do my best to present to the best of capacity.
Okay, the deal with the Weak Dollar.
There have been Presidents in the past that have followed a Weak Dollar Policy.
Some of them have been popular, for some reason. Why? Short-term boosts in the economy.
What happens right after? Recessions, the Great Depression, and our faltering Economy now.
These are the things that I know and believe to be true:
First: The "Market" is an Expression of Mother Nature working in the Economy (Nature of Economics)
Second: The Market, by definition, cannot fail, only decisions on the part of individuals.
Third: The Market is not the problem, "Stimulus" "Bailout" and "Pork Barrel" Packages, and the "Weak Dollar" are the problem.
See: Stimulus, Bailout, and Pork Barrel Packages
Fourth: Having caused the problem, the politicians now vie to "solve" (delay) the problem, making it worse later (putting a band-aid on malignant melanoma).
See: Weak Dollar and Inflation
Fifth: Politicians who do the right thing usually get burned.
Sixth: Politicians love printing tons of new money, causing the value of money to plummet, and thus prices to skyrocket
See: Weak Dollar and Inflation
-- If You Disagree, there are resources to back this up. In my next post, I will provide additional reading.
Seventh: The Two Party System is entrenched, and cannot be easily broken, thus third parties are viewed as "wasting votes" or "throwing your vote away," and cannot easily gain power on their own.
Eighth: The Libertarian Party, the Constitutional Party, the Green Party, and the Reform Party would be very powerful together, but would probably squabble over irrelevant details of implementation and get nothing done, wasting time better spent.
Ninth: The Best Method seems to be, at current reckoning, to form a new party (I would call it the Fox Party for various reasons (despite the ridiculousness about Satan-Fox Superstition, or perhaps because of it...), and use this Party as a Meta-Party
This New Meta Party Runs as Third Party Candidates, and represents their cause,
and then, as Third Party Candidates, Runs as Republican/Democratic Party Candidates, representing their interests as well.
(Because, as you learned in class, the President represents the entire nation
- or is supposed to, anyway.)
I will write further on this subject in later posts.
I will do my best to present to the best of capacity.
Okay, the deal with the Weak Dollar.
There have been Presidents in the past that have followed a Weak Dollar Policy.
Some of them have been popular, for some reason. Why? Short-term boosts in the economy.
What happens right after? Recessions, the Great Depression, and our faltering Economy now.
These are the things that I know and believe to be true:
First: The "Market" is an Expression of Mother Nature working in the Economy (Nature of Economics)
Second: The Market, by definition, cannot fail, only decisions on the part of individuals.
Third: The Market is not the problem, "Stimulus" "Bailout" and "Pork Barrel" Packages, and the "Weak Dollar" are the problem.
See: Stimulus, Bailout, and Pork Barrel Packages
Fourth: Having caused the problem, the politicians now vie to "solve" (delay) the problem, making it worse later (putting a band-aid on malignant melanoma).
See: Weak Dollar and Inflation
Fifth: Politicians who do the right thing usually get burned.
Sixth: Politicians love printing tons of new money, causing the value of money to plummet, and thus prices to skyrocket
See: Weak Dollar and Inflation
-- If You Disagree, there are resources to back this up. In my next post, I will provide additional reading.
Seventh: The Two Party System is entrenched, and cannot be easily broken, thus third parties are viewed as "wasting votes" or "throwing your vote away," and cannot easily gain power on their own.
Eighth: The Libertarian Party, the Constitutional Party, the Green Party, and the Reform Party would be very powerful together, but would probably squabble over irrelevant details of implementation and get nothing done, wasting time better spent.
Ninth: The Best Method seems to be, at current reckoning, to form a new party (I would call it the Fox Party for various reasons (despite the ridiculousness about Satan-Fox Superstition, or perhaps because of it...), and use this Party as a Meta-Party
This New Meta Party Runs as Third Party Candidates, and represents their cause,
and then, as Third Party Candidates, Runs as Republican/Democratic Party Candidates, representing their interests as well.
(Because, as you learned in class, the President represents the entire nation
- or is supposed to, anyway.)
I will write further on this subject in later posts.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Linux-related Article in Review - Sun Defends Open Source
How Will Companies Ever Make Money Off Open-Source?
— The question 'How will Sun ever make money off giving so much source-code to open source' - as it did in 2000 with OpenOffice.org, has most recently with Project Looking Glass and is about to again with Solaris - is the wrong one, argues Sun's Simon Phipps. 'It's a good question,' he says, but at its heart - he argues - 'lies a misunderstanding about the nature of open source software, and once that's cleared up everything falls into place much more easily.'
Sun Microsystems does a good job at relating how the open source model benefits all, including itself, by adopting an open source business model. BTW, you can find a neat Open Source version of their Unix-like operating system called Solaris at http://www.opensolaris.org/
Bottom line? I give it a 4/5 rating.
Friday, September 19, 2008
The Smartest Thing Linux and FOSS have Ever Done:
There are two efforts that have been working hard on freeing the desktop, but because the Open Source community tends to get set in its thinking like everybody else, we have lost sight of our true goal, and have been picking over more irrelevant details.
This post is going to be more substantial than some others, as this is serious. The Open Source community should not close their eyes to an excellent way to provide a clear and obvious path for average desktop users to upgrade from their current platform, to one that suits them better. In many cases, this would be Linux, but for those cases where it is not, all we can do is change it.
Introduction:
The best way to ensure that everyone has access to superior technology and innovation, and a culture blending the best of old and new, is to abstract the user's platform market share and technologies for development.
By this, I mean that third-party software developers that would usually develop software only for the dominant platform, or more rarely, the top two, should have the freedom of option to make use of current best technology.
Let me break it down further. If software developers could choose which middleware technologies and application frameworks to use, and were informed in their decision, they would probably choose those development practices and technologies found in the Open Source community.
The reason that they develop only for the top one or two according to market share, is simple:
Here is the current choice:
Spend $5 mil developing using crappy Windows dev tools for 90%+ of the desktop market,
Spend $5 mil developing using great Mac OS X dev tools for ~10% of the desktop market,
Spend $10 mil developing using both crappy Windows and Mac OS X dev tools for ~99% of the desktop market by developing the project twice, or
Spend $5 mil developing using excellent, if arcane, *NIX dev tools for >1% of the desktop market
As you can see, most people will develop for the top, or perhaps the top two despite the fact that the technology associated with 2nd and 3rd platforms are superior!
This, of course, spells disaster for Linux and Open source in general, because we will have to develop everything ourselves, without significantly attracting new users.
Open Source developers' time is at a premium, and there are not enough to go around.
Linux and other Open Source projects are too good to abandon to this situation, but there is a solution!
KDE and Java!
For many applications, you can develop much more easily in Java than in C++. This is true in more and more cases everywhere.
Sun Microsystems is making one of the smartest moves in their history, and Open Sourcing Their Implementation of Java, which would allow Open Source developers to write GPL and LGPL code in Java easily, allowing the use of Open Source Java applications over any platform.
However, even though Java is an excellent platform to develop for, they have a stigma associated with more slowly interpreted bytecode and other problems that are not there in most cases that do not involve extreme accelerated-3D or anything hardware-related.
In cases where it is the tools, utilities, and middleware (ie, widgit toolkits, window controls, multimedia frameworks, and other software-based platform dependancies), this is easily solved!
KDE made waves by breaking away from uselessly idealistic Open Source thinking, and did one of the smartest things anyone I've seen in the Open Source community do: Cross Platform KDE!
Now that KDE supports Windows and Mac OS X, there is no real reason anyone has to choose between platforms, and be forced to make a practical decision: to develop for Windows using crappy development tools and utilities. If Java were not not enough to show everyone how making Open Source platforms cross platform will break Windows lock-in and monopoly, this will!
By Making one of the best Open Source bundles of joy Cross Platform, what do you think will happen?
Some people think that simply because people using Windows who get access to excellent Open Source applications and software, will decide, "Oh, I can get these really cool apps on Windows, what the hell do I need Linux for?"
If this were true, it would only be so for the short term.
The longer term implications of cross platforming our best kick-ass apps are this:
If people on Windows chose between free kick-ass Amarok, my absolute favorite music player of all time, and some dumb alternative that only exists on Windows, what do you think I'd pick? Even if I had never seen or heard of Amarok before, and someone gave me a CD with KDE on it? I'd choose Amarok!
Other people will too!
This will be the same for every kick-ass app that is cross-platformed!
Many apps you can only get on Linux are vastly superior to paid-for Windows-only equivelents!
However, they choose Windows because databases, various documents, and other things they have been investing time and money into are Windows-only!
In addition to this, nobody older than 24 wants to try something completely new and different, while abandoning what they already have!
The solution?
Cross platform the best we have, and introduce them to the old-timers!
Slowly getting them used to what we have to offer, without throwing them into the river to sonk or swim, is the answer!
Once people realize that they do not need to pay for Windows, or tolerate it's bullcrap to make use of these excellent apps, they'll probably ditch it! and what will they download, and start investing time and capital into?
Linux! Open Source projects will see a slow, powerful tide of new, capable, and willing developers contributing code!
Third-party vendors will write cross platform apps for KDE 4, and include the base libraries on CD!
Peoples' dependance on tolerating Windows bullcrap will lessen, and lessen, and Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, and other *NIX platforms will start getting more notice by hardware developers!
This benefits everyone! Why must people fight it?
My verdict?
Cross platform everything possible, and show people they don't need Windows to get awsome stuff!
I can't wait to download KDE 4 and learn how to develop apps for it.
Now that this has developed, I know I don't need to learn how to develop for Windows.
This post is going to be more substantial than some others, as this is serious. The Open Source community should not close their eyes to an excellent way to provide a clear and obvious path for average desktop users to upgrade from their current platform, to one that suits them better. In many cases, this would be Linux, but for those cases where it is not, all we can do is change it.
Introduction:
The best way to ensure that everyone has access to superior technology and innovation, and a culture blending the best of old and new, is to abstract the user's platform market share and technologies for development.
By this, I mean that third-party software developers that would usually develop software only for the dominant platform, or more rarely, the top two, should have the freedom of option to make use of current best technology.
Let me break it down further. If software developers could choose which middleware technologies and application frameworks to use, and were informed in their decision, they would probably choose those development practices and technologies found in the Open Source community.
The reason that they develop only for the top one or two according to market share, is simple:
Here is the current choice:
Spend $5 mil developing using crappy Windows dev tools for 90%+ of the desktop market,
Spend $5 mil developing using great Mac OS X dev tools for ~10% of the desktop market,
Spend $10 mil developing using both crappy Windows and Mac OS X dev tools for ~99% of the desktop market by developing the project twice, or
Spend $5 mil developing using excellent, if arcane, *NIX dev tools for >1% of the desktop market
As you can see, most people will develop for the top, or perhaps the top two despite the fact that the technology associated with 2nd and 3rd platforms are superior!
This, of course, spells disaster for Linux and Open source in general, because we will have to develop everything ourselves, without significantly attracting new users.
Open Source developers' time is at a premium, and there are not enough to go around.
Linux and other Open Source projects are too good to abandon to this situation, but there is a solution!
KDE and Java!
For many applications, you can develop much more easily in Java than in C++. This is true in more and more cases everywhere.
Sun Microsystems is making one of the smartest moves in their history, and Open Sourcing Their Implementation of Java, which would allow Open Source developers to write GPL and LGPL code in Java easily, allowing the use of Open Source Java applications over any platform.
However, even though Java is an excellent platform to develop for, they have a stigma associated with more slowly interpreted bytecode and other problems that are not there in most cases that do not involve extreme accelerated-3D or anything hardware-related.
In cases where it is the tools, utilities, and middleware (ie, widgit toolkits, window controls, multimedia frameworks, and other software-based platform dependancies), this is easily solved!
KDE made waves by breaking away from uselessly idealistic Open Source thinking, and did one of the smartest things anyone I've seen in the Open Source community do: Cross Platform KDE!
Now that KDE supports Windows and Mac OS X, there is no real reason anyone has to choose between platforms, and be forced to make a practical decision: to develop for Windows using crappy development tools and utilities. If Java were not not enough to show everyone how making Open Source platforms cross platform will break Windows lock-in and monopoly, this will!
By Making one of the best Open Source bundles of joy Cross Platform, what do you think will happen?
Some people think that simply because people using Windows who get access to excellent Open Source applications and software, will decide, "Oh, I can get these really cool apps on Windows, what the hell do I need Linux for?"
If this were true, it would only be so for the short term.
The longer term implications of cross platforming our best kick-ass apps are this:
If people on Windows chose between free kick-ass Amarok, my absolute favorite music player of all time, and some dumb alternative that only exists on Windows, what do you think I'd pick? Even if I had never seen or heard of Amarok before, and someone gave me a CD with KDE on it? I'd choose Amarok!
Other people will too!
This will be the same for every kick-ass app that is cross-platformed!
Many apps you can only get on Linux are vastly superior to paid-for Windows-only equivelents!
However, they choose Windows because databases, various documents, and other things they have been investing time and money into are Windows-only!
In addition to this, nobody older than 24 wants to try something completely new and different, while abandoning what they already have!
The solution?
Cross platform the best we have, and introduce them to the old-timers!
Slowly getting them used to what we have to offer, without throwing them into the river to sonk or swim, is the answer!
Once people realize that they do not need to pay for Windows, or tolerate it's bullcrap to make use of these excellent apps, they'll probably ditch it! and what will they download, and start investing time and capital into?
Linux! Open Source projects will see a slow, powerful tide of new, capable, and willing developers contributing code!
Third-party vendors will write cross platform apps for KDE 4, and include the base libraries on CD!
Peoples' dependance on tolerating Windows bullcrap will lessen, and lessen, and Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, and other *NIX platforms will start getting more notice by hardware developers!
This benefits everyone! Why must people fight it?
My verdict?
Cross platform everything possible, and show people they don't need Windows to get awsome stuff!
I can't wait to download KDE 4 and learn how to develop apps for it.
Now that this has developed, I know I don't need to learn how to develop for Windows.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
FreeBSD Home Gateway Experiment
I intend to experiment with my home gateway - or the older computer I'm going to turn into one - and load FreeBSD on it. Now I'm going to say here and now that I'm a complete noob when it comes to FreeBSD. I only have a little Ubuntu exposure as my pitiful excuse of *nix experience, but what better time to start, eh?
Anyway, I intend to install and configure FreeBSD for these purposes:
Anyway, I intend to install and configure FreeBSD for these purposes:
- Firewall
- NAT Gateway
- Router
- IPv6 Tunnel Endpoint
- DHCP/DNS Server
- HTTP/FTP/SOCKS Proxy
- Etc.
Springing into New Classes
I am now a student of "Introduction to Scripting" (involving mostly .bat and .wsh scripting, meaning windows shell scripting, which is so limited and underdeveloped, it's a joke), and "Motivation and Leadership" (a class that discusses internal office politics and corporate culture - which makes me think of a petri dish on a polished mahogany office desk in a skyscraper. some interesting topics are discussed in both, however, and I like and respect both professors.)
I am doing okay, so far, and I will post an update later.
I am doing a little roughly overall, though, and need to improve my CGPA and such, so that this so-called university doesn't take my money and run with it.
I am doing okay, so far, and I will post an update later.
I am doing a little roughly overall, though, and need to improve my CGPA and such, so that this so-called university doesn't take my money and run with it.
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