tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34722702011-04-21T16:47:24.042-04:00Pork Chop ExpressYou know what Jack Burton says at a time like this? .... What the hell....Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comBlogger1731100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1111356566705209742005-03-20T17:07:00.000-05:002005-03-20T17:13:43.636-05:00Saving the Internet?I was reading this article over at Ars Technica which refers to a CIO.com article that speaks about the Internet being crushed under its own weight. Both articles address the problems, so I am not going to repeat the discussion. There are various really bad solutions suggested, but it is a growing problem that needs to be addressed.In my opinion, e-mail is the crux of the Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1107233786133611732005-01-31T23:42:00.000-05:002005-02-01T00:05:18.620-05:00Buying Iraqi Dinars
I've been keeping up on my blog reading, though not necessarily my writing. On a few of these blogs that have been talking about the Iraqi elections, I have been seeing some interesting ads.
Yes, Jack looks at the ads sometimes.
One of these services advertized is "Bet On Iraq". They say that you can help the Iraqis by purchasing Iraqi dinars, and if the price goes up, you Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1105839064697050522005-01-15T20:29:00.000-05:002005-01-15T20:31:23.506-05:00One Omitted Word
I was watching one of our local television news stations (WSYX6) last night. One of the stories was about a student who took a gun to school with him. Those links don't last very long (or don't point to the same story after a new one is posted) so I have included the text of the website article here:
Gun Found in Middle School Locker
Sheriff's deputies arrived in full force atJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1105483098586203432005-01-11T17:37:00.000-05:002005-01-12T22:56:22.606-05:00Take Command of Windows File Copying
Back in the DOS days, one of Jack's favorite utilities was Norton Commander. This was back in the days when Norton software was worth more than it cost. Today you wouldn't catch Jack spending a single penny for any of Symantec's crapware. (In case you didn't know, Symantec is now the company that owns and maintains all of the Norton software.) Norton Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1105241276885457012005-01-08T22:15:00.000-05:002005-01-08T22:27:56.886-05:00Diamond TV
I've always wanted to go to one of the CES shows. This years 2005 show has featured a lot of neat stuff. One thing that interests me is Carbon/Diamond Nanotube TVs. With HDTV being a requirement in the near future, I've been looking at what I wanted in a new Television. Converters aren't going to do the job if you care about the quality of TV you watch - sort of like those old 'color Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1105136383438994302005-01-07T17:16:00.000-05:002005-01-07T17:20:28.660-05:00The Trouble With Chicken
Yeah that's right. Chicken. That stuff you buy in the grocery store that you bake, fry, broil, shred, or do whatever you need to for your recipes.
Jack gets many requests for his chicken wings. (even though at Jack's New Year's party, they were sub-par for my normal fare.) So I buy them in large quantities, at least once a month.
I don't buy those ones pre-cut that Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1104201073536009782004-12-27T21:27:00.000-05:002004-12-27T21:31:51.273-05:00You'll Put Everyone's Eye Out
Santa was good to Jack, even better to the kids. However, had I known about this wonderful device that every alpha-geek needs, I would have asked for it.
Anyone want to shell out the $699 to send Jack a belated Christmas present, before they get pulled from the market?
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1101871384371290522004-11-30T22:16:00.000-05:002004-11-30T22:26:42.453-05:00DNS Broken?
DNS, or Domain Name Service, is what takes human-readable names, such as www.google.com and turns it into an IP address, such as 64.233.167.99 (Both will take you to the same place).
If we didn't have DNS, we'd have to memorize the IP addresses of all the websites we visit, and 'virtual' websites that exist on a single server (some servers hold hundreds of websites) would not be Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1100753707246130952004-11-17T23:54:00.000-05:002004-11-17T23:59:09.296-05:00Jack's 2004 Christmas Picks
One of Jack's friends had commented that I hadn't posted in a while. I agree. It's just that whenever I find something I think is interesting, I find someone else has done it better. Other than the hits I get from Google and other search engine hits looking for installation instructions, I didn't think anyone even looked at this blog anymore.
Guess I was wrong.
My Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1097724819274297672004-10-13T23:29:00.000-04:002004-10-13T23:33:39.273-04:00Kerry Supporters Stuffing the Poll Boxes
Jack's been quite busy running his business, and hasn't had much time (or good material) for updates. Over at Instapundit, there was a list of online polls that Democrats were being told to go and vote for Kerry as the debate winner. Well, at Fox News' website, it is apparent that more Conservatives vote there as can be seen by the normal poll results. Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1094320602474952722004-09-04T13:54:00.000-04:002004-09-04T14:00:13.626-04:00Please Help The Beslan Children in Russia.
While I know money is tight for some, please donate if you can. Click on the picture to go to the site to donate. Even though the Paypal links they have start at $50, any amount you can send would be great.
I sent what I could.
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1094091250306441242004-09-01T22:05:00.000-04:002004-09-01T22:14:10.306-04:00An Operation Was Attempted On Somthing That Is Not A Socket
Jack's back. Sorry for the long absence, but CTCon (see previous posts) and work have intruded.
Work, however, is the reason for this post. As usual, there's some nasty spyware and viruses going around out there that really breaks TCP/IP networking. You'll find that when you try to renew your IP address after removing this stuff that Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1092101862464313152004-08-09T21:19:00.000-04:002004-08-09T21:40:27.890-04:00Shallow Jack's X-box Discovery
[shallowjack]
Shallow Jack here. I've grabbed the keyboard whilest your normal Ferengi-eared author isn't looking.
I was reading Foxnews, and came across the article about the slime of the earth who beat some people to death over clothes and an X-box.
Yes, I'm sure it is on many other news sites, but that wasn't what caught Shallow Jack's attention. You see, whatJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1091581500305819652004-08-03T20:50:00.000-04:002004-08-03T21:05:00.306-04:00Long Distance Wireless Networking
Was perusing my tech news hangouts, and was directed over to an article on Wired.
It seems that some kids from here in Ohio created an 802.11b wireless network connection at a distance of 55 miles. They used those 9.5 foot satellite dishes that were more popular before the days of the 18" dishes like DirecTV and Dish Network use. They used both amplification Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1090901253507969252004-07-27T00:00:00.000-04:002004-07-27T00:07:33.506-04:00Best Hard Drives
There are many websites out there that evaluate the merits of the different manufacturer's hard drives. One of my recent complaints is that the quality of drives has suffered when the speed and capacity increased.
These drives generate a lot of heat, but I've already talked about that at length.
Now Seagate is upping its drive warranties on certain drives to 5 years.
Great. Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1090556078305743022004-07-23T00:12:00.000-04:002004-07-23T00:14:38.306-04:00This is Just Good Fun
This is a tech-blog rather than a political one. But I have to point out this jibjab video about Bush and Kerry. Makes fun of both without being too mean.
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1090467770838340052004-07-21T23:29:00.000-04:002004-07-21T23:45:47.670-04:00Get Rid of Norton!
Jack himself doesn't care for Norton products. In his opinion, they are bloated programs that interfere with normal system operation and don't do a very good job. In fact, it's been my experience that Norton Anti-Virus misses a lot of Viruses out there. Of course, YMMV, and Norton might work just fine for you. If so, stop here and don't read any further.
Jack makes good moneyJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1090158266728599482004-07-18T09:22:00.000-04:002004-08-02T17:13:11.430-04:00Copy Protection Grrrrr...
Jack's kids are huge Harry Potter fans. The youngest's birthday is coming up very soon, and as she just spent the week at Grandma's and Grandpa's, they gave her some money to buy her own birthday present.
I loved getting money as a kid, meant I was able to get what I wanted, instead of 'something close'.
Jack takes the kids to a local computer store to pickup a RAID Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1089947737933748162004-07-15T23:10:00.000-04:002004-07-15T23:15:37.933-04:00Get 1 GB of E-mail NOW
Jack likes options. OK - As an active Blogger, I could get a Gmail account. But it hasn't intrigued me. In fact, it has seemed like a lemmings-over-the-cliff fad that you just have to get to be 'in' on-line.
As if that's something to aspire to.
Anyway, I was checking around, and got send over to Spymac - 1 GB of E-mail, along with 100MB for storage space (like Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1089163602238433952004-07-06T20:59:00.000-04:002004-07-11T18:46:49.136-04:00Knoppix, the Computer User's Friend
Jack's here, bored, waiting for some HUGE mailboxes on some Microsoft Exchange servers to move from one location in Kansas to here in Ohio. It's all coming across a T1 line. I need to have multiple Remote Desktop windows open to make sure things are going smoothly, and unfortunately, Remote Desktop Connection for the Mac only allows one RDC window to be open Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1088568772954176122004-06-30T00:07:00.000-04:002004-06-30T00:12:52.953-04:00CTCon5 - Wars, Tournaments, and Fun!
What's this? CTCon, a outgrowth of my time over at Chaos Theory, a great bunch of people, who happen to be LAN gamers.
What's a LAN game? It is where a bunch of people bring their computers to a central location, usually a convention center, hotel, university, sometimes a warehouse, and play different networkable computer games. Quake III Arena, Battlefield Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1088390464353860662004-06-27T22:39:00.000-04:002004-06-27T22:48:51.573-04:00Hacking from Mac OS X Panther (Installing nmap, Nessus, and others)
In continuation of my previous post about installing Ethereal on OS X using Darwin Ports, I present to you an article on installing some basic tools to perform initial security audits from the Mac using OS X Panther (10.3.x).
You have to have Darwin Ports installed on your system to follow these instructions. Just follow the Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1088126240289938762004-06-24T20:39:00.000-04:002004-07-21T23:15:41.513-04:00How To Install Ethereal Packet Sniffer on OS X with Open Darwin and Ports
If you've been reading Jack's other posts, you will see that Jack has caught a little bit of the OS X bug. (Jack's friends are hoping he gets better soon).
One of my favorite network utilities for Windows and Linux is Ethereal, an Open Source (Freeware) network packet sniffer used for capturing network traffic for Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1088121594435175702004-06-24T19:51:00.000-04:002004-06-25T18:48:33.683-04:00Time To Switch Browsers
In my OS X review a couple of posts below, I go over Apple's reasons to 'switch' from PCs to Macs. Now I give you an argument for another type of change.
Yet another Internet Explorer Vulnerability has been exploited, meaning more spam and other malware to come.
For a while now, I've been using Firefox, a Mozilla-based web browser. It's an alternative to Internet Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1088047857859154312004-06-23T23:02:00.000-04:002004-06-25T18:49:13.826-04:00Buying a new Notebook Computer?
In my last post, I spoke about the Netlux-755 notebook (laptop) computer I own. It's original maker is a company called Uniwill. I also own a Netlux 7351 notebook as well, which one of my employees owns. That notebook is made by a company called Mitac, another Original Design Manufacturer (ODM). ODMs produce almost all of the notebooks in the industry, whether forJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1087672171837163232004-06-19T13:24:00.000-04:002004-06-19T16:41:17.590-04:00Jack's OS X Review
One of Jack's clients has way too much money. Which is good for Jack, so no complaints here. I was at the client's site a month ago or so and was setting up a new firewall for a web-based application. I needed a system with a web-browser to configure the hardware-based device, and hadn't brought along my Netlux NX-755 Notebook, which is the main system I use at Client sites Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1087522459482232982004-06-17T21:32:00.000-04:002004-06-17T21:34:19.483-04:00At 1.45 Million, It's a Steal!
But can you be sure it isn't still a target of some old Soviet Missiles?
It'd be cool to own though.
What's Jack talking about? Well, a Titan Missile Silo Complex, of course. All yours from eBay!
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1087521606105273762004-06-17T21:18:00.000-04:002004-06-17T21:20:06.106-04:00Good Thing All The Denny's are Closed Around Here
Jack is sure glad that all of the Denny's around here are closed. I couldn't eat there again after reading this story.
Since it's a Yahoo News Article, it will disappear, so here's an excerpt:
A former night-shift cook at a Denny's Restaurant in Illinois is in hot water after allegedly getting creative in the kitchen.
Anthony Lindhorst, of Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1086833466998649382004-06-09T21:48:00.000-04:002004-06-09T22:11:53.103-04:00Internet Driver's License?
Just found out that someone is allowing people to "apply" for Internet Driver's Licenses. The 'sponsors' claim that they will send you a diploma "suitable for framing" and it can be used as "references in job applications".
What a hoot. I can't believe it. Will people actually fall for it?
First you have to fill out a "preliminary questionnaire", which you send in toJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1086831284339893542004-06-09T21:32:00.000-04:002004-06-09T21:34:44.340-04:00Dual Booting Fedora and Windows?
There's a bunch of reviews out there for Redhat's Lastest 'free' distro, Fedora Core 2. I'll be posting a review of it myself, as well as updated instructions for installing Java and MP3 support. However, if you install it and you can no longer boot windows, you can find the instructions to fix the Fedora Core 2 Hard Disk Geometry Bug.
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1086830472523302392004-06-09T21:15:00.000-04:002004-06-09T21:21:12.523-04:00Interesting Case Mods
While frequenting one of Jack's Hangout's (Choas Theory on the roll on the left), we were talking about case mods.
What's a Case Mod?
Well, its where someone with way too much time on their hands takes a normal computer case and modifies it to something totally different that's either incredible or really just ugly and stupid. I've found one that is also quite an Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1086477755596653032004-06-05T19:12:00.000-04:002004-06-05T19:36:06.663-04:00God Bless Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan has passed away today at the age of 93. As President Bush said, there is a Shining City waiting for him.
What's really sad is I find myself thinking that there are many liberals who will voice their sadness in public, but in private or their thoughts will be glad he's gone, unless that is they think this is bad timing for the Democrats/Kerry because it willJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1086225170617613242004-06-02T20:17:00.000-04:002004-06-05T14:56:28.066-04:00Protect Your Data
As I have mentioned before, my business has kept me from keeping this blog up to date. However, recent events have given me reason to take time out to issue some advice for those of you who 'live' by the data on your computer. There's a nefarious beast out there that eats important data for lunch.
Hard Drive failure.
I'm sure just about everyone who reads this probably has Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1085325490322749132004-05-23T11:14:00.000-04:002004-05-23T11:24:01.363-04:00The Car
Watching a movie on the SciFi Channel, it's another one of my favorite just plain bad old films. Created in 1977, The Car is to me one of those cult classics.
As this reviewer says:
There is good reason why THE CAR is a cult classic. It has a loopy premise that is hard to dislike, a really boss vehicle (if Ultimate Evil came to earth as a car in the seventies, I'd bet good money Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1085241926490387952004-05-22T12:04:00.000-04:002004-05-22T12:05:56.810-04:00So We ARE Moving Apart
Guess Politics isn't the only thing moving the US and Canada apart.
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1085241691660320322004-05-22T12:00:00.000-04:002004-05-22T13:23:47.986-04:00Which One Are You?
"A stern yet benevolent organizer who often knows best, your wits are keenly fixed on aiding efforts you deem worthy.
'Now at this last we must take a hard road, a road unforseen. There lies our hope, if hope it be. To walk into peril to Mordor.'
Elrond is a character in the Middle-Earth universe. TheOneRing.net has a short biography."
Elrond was always one of my favoriteJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1082243676544900832004-04-17T19:14:00.000-04:002004-04-17T19:17:51.046-04:00Hello Again
Wow, only April, and this is my first post this year. I do this every so often, write a lot, then disappear for a few months. So where have I been? NMP Consulting, the business I started in 2002 is taking off. We've several employees and independent contractors, and we're keeping real busy. It's why I haven't posted here in a looooong time. Just haven't had the time to sit down and Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1071585731805068622003-12-16T09:42:00.000-05:002003-12-16T09:48:04.860-05:00#1 on Shallow Jack's Christmas List
Shallow Jack here. Which means everything that follows is probably NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
I know these "items" have been discussed already on the Howard Stern show, but even though Shallow Jack wouldn't be the primary choice as a speaker at any women's group conventions (other than maybe the annual Porn Stars shindigs), I don't listen to Stern very often. After Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1069801187039143392003-11-25T17:59:00.000-05:002003-11-25T18:08:09.936-05:00Hacking Voting Machines
I came across this article while perusing Security Focus' Website. It talks about how insecure the electronic voting machines that Diebold, an Ohio company, manufactures. Pretty interesting stuff, though there are links in the article to anti-war sites, and near the end the column takes on an all-too-often "Linux is great, everything else sucks" sort of tone when Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1069650845568109072003-11-24T00:14:00.000-05:002003-11-24T00:26:06.826-05:00The Hell of Blackouts
An interim report on the August 14th US-Canada blackout was recently released. The document is over 130 pages, and talks about several causes of the blackout, but the most interesting thing is that it seems that when it started no one knew what was happening due to computer malfunctions.
The report starts with an Executive-type review of the way the systems interact due Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1069045689838964922003-11-17T00:08:00.000-05:002003-11-17T00:08:49.013-05:00Now Jack's Heard Everything
It's getting harder and harder to keep computer systems patched with the latest updates and fixes. It's a real problem of resource management in many IT shops today.
So now we're told that we need to watch out forvirus writers from outer space.
I don't believe it. This guy watched Independance Day (ID4) too many times. You know, when Jeff Goldblum took his Mac iBookJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1068094969904223132003-11-06T00:02:00.000-05:002003-11-06T00:05:15.743-05:00Matrix Revolutions (No Spoiler)
Just finished seeing it. What is nice about the series is that you can basically watch the first one, and the story is finished. The rest is just a wild acid trip. I've been drunk, but never stoned - though now I think I have an appreciation as to what it feels like.
As far as Matrix Revoltions go, I only have three letters to say about it:
(Explanation: FirstJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1068004665435559202003-11-04T22:57:00.000-05:002003-11-04T22:58:27.290-05:00Cool Weaponry
I probably should have forwarded this on to Anna for comment, as in my perusing I was directed to an article about microwave weapons the military is developing.
It's really cool. Especially the part about how the directed beam versions have to be "pulsed", unless you want to create a bit of white-hot plasma.
Ahhhh, makes one think of one of my favorite Arnie scenes:
The Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1068003411180583362003-11-04T22:36:00.000-05:002003-11-04T22:36:49.323-05:00Hats, Caps, Stetsons, Fedoras = Linux
The big news in the Linux world is that RedHat is no longer going to support the current versions of its RedHat Linux (6.x, 7.x, 8.0, and 9.0) after this coming April. Some think this means the sky is falling.
Of course, as this reply to the Slashdot article says, its hardly that. In fact, as several of the linked articles state, RedHat is pushing people Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1067914566196780422003-11-03T21:56:00.000-05:002003-11-03T21:56:04.210-05:00Trust No One!
That was the mantra of an old favorite Role Playing Game of mine, "Paranoia". (Before they ruined it with the 2nd edition)
So, back to the point.
I'm working on a client's computer this weekend. It has two problems, CPU Utilization in Windows XP is a constant 100%, and Microsoft Word would not open any files. So I start poking around with the obvious things. Spyware and Viruses.
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1067483849732760242003-10-29T22:17:00.000-05:002003-10-31T08:22:55.823-05:00Dumbass Disposable DVDs
A while ago, there were several articles about the idea of selling disposable DVDs. The idea was that the DVDs would be encased in an airtight package, and once opened and exposed to the air would begin to darken to the point that after 48 hours they would be unusable. This way you didn't have to return the DVDs to the rental store. No late fees, no hassle, you just throwJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1067302364532888862003-10-27T19:52:00.000-05:002003-10-27T19:52:43.483-05:00In My (And Every Other Man's) Dreams
I am willing to make a bet that many of us men can get our wives/fiances/girlfriends to read this one, and not look at the URL.
I'm going to give it the old college try.
Jack's willing to volunteer for any women out there who want to see if this is indeed true. Just drop me an e-mail, I'm willing to travel.
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1067150472522751602003-10-26T01:41:00.000-05:002003-10-26T01:41:11.820-05:00I Couldn't Believe My Ears
So I'm flipping channels on my Hauppauge WinTV device that allows me to watch TV on my computer. Yes, it's the ultimate in sensory overload; TV and the Internet.
Anyway, I flip over to Fox News, my preferred Cable News Channel (like that's a surprise), and there's Geraldo. Yes, Geraldo, who couldn't get a good gig anywhere (for good reason), and Fox has him because Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1067101309998705592003-10-25T13:01:00.000-04:002003-10-25T13:09:09.066-04:00Updated Redhat 9 Java Installtion for Mozilla 1.5
A while back I posted instructions to installing the Java plugin for Mozilla on RedHat 9 Linux. I've added a section for Mozilla 1.5 and the new J2re1.4.2_02 version of the Java Runtime Engine and Plugin.
If you're stuck, like I was (again), go there and check it out.
Oh, and I would suggest running Mozilla Firebird as a browser on Linux OR Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1066919269372477882003-10-23T10:27:00.000-04:002003-10-23T15:20:26.733-04:00Poor Man's Drive Imaging and Backup
Most of you have probably heard of products like Norton Ghost, Powerquest Drive Image, or similar disk imaging software. If you need to create an exact duplicate of the data so that you can restore it quickly in the event of data loss or hardware failure these two products can fill your need. There's even partimage, that will make an image of a drive and Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1066783186392474122003-10-21T20:39:00.000-04:002003-10-21T20:39:46.120-04:00I Had To Come Back To Comment
Yes, I know it's been almost 3 months since I've put anything here, but I had an experience today I have to share.
A local man, his name is Matt, returned from Iraq for his 15-day leave and arrived in Columbus to see his Mom and the rest of his family.
His Mom hadn't seen him in a year. His Aunt, an old neighbor of mine, moved about a mile away a few years ago butJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-1058898442348994102003-07-22T14:27:00.000-04:002003-07-22T14:27:22.406-04:00Is This Still Here?
Wow. I'm surprised Blogger hasn't killed this place due to lack of activity. Yes, its me - the busy guy running his business. You'd think I'd have a few minutes to write something here, but when I can manage to get a few free minutes, I don't know what do post about.
So maybe I can just make you laugh.
Until next time...Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-954892312003-06-09T23:42:00.000-04:002003-06-10T00:01:47.000-04:00Hell Of Being Skinned Alive
That's where it's going to feel like you are after reading this post. Yes I've been slacking again, so this will be a long rambling article that will jump from subject to subject without any cohesiveness.
Actually, I had written this article once before, about 3 days ago. Spent an hour or so writing it, and it was witty, well written, humorous, and something everyoneJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-951225832003-05-31T11:48:00.000-04:002003-05-31T21:14:14.000-04:00It's Not Supposed To Be Funny...
Most of you have probably heard of Massive Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games (MMORPG) like Everquest, Ultima Online, or others.
Well, it seems that one of these MMORPG's, Shadowbane was cracked by some players who turned it into a massive bloodfest.
Now, breaking into systems is against the law, and people put lots of time into these types of games. But I Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-950765652003-05-30T08:03:00.000-04:002003-05-30T09:32:05.000-04:00Look at this Cool T-Shirt
Many of you have asked "Who is Jack Burton?", and I have directed you over to The Wingkong Exchange, an awesome website run by Josh Horowitz. It's probably the best website around for Big Trouble In Little China - the movie of which Jack Burton in the main character.
Josh has gone and had the original shirt that Jack Burton wore in the movie recreated. So head over Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-948637822003-05-25T12:35:00.000-04:002003-05-25T12:35:19.433-04:00Blogged Out?
Just a little bit ago (actually, its been a while), I said I'd try to get more up here. I've failed miserably. Yeah, I've been busy, but I've had some time to put something up here.
Problem is, I'm suffering either from writer's block or a case of having nothing to say that hasn't been already posted somewhere else.
I've probably become a little less interested as well, though I Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-938930162003-05-06T19:41:00.000-04:002003-05-06T22:44:27.000-04:00More on SARS and ARDS
A while back I posted about SARS and ARDS. I didn't quite understand ARDS and how it related to SARS. In fact, I wasn't sure if it was a disease or simply the results of another disease and/or injury.
Eileen Rubin Zacharias, President of the ARDS Foundation was kind enough to send me an e-mail explaining:
"Jack, unfortunately, ARDS can be caused by anything. Currently, Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-938921422003-05-06T19:23:00.000-04:002003-05-06T22:43:58.000-04:00Jack's Been MIA
Like my fine furry friend over at the Bunny Blog, I have been either too tired or too busy to post anything, all the while I still have people visiting the site. I am going to make a better effort at putting information up.
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-932763872003-04-25T23:07:00.000-04:002003-04-25T23:15:37.000-04:00Jack Doesn't Like This At All
Go read this article. Go ahead, I'll wait and be here when you get back. Be sure to read it carefully. Some of it might be a little techincal, but I think you'll get the idea.
OK, now I hope you're thinking the same thing I am.
Our old buddy Fritz Hollings (D-South Carolina) is trying to shove this down all our throats, and its frightening to me. I hope it is to Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-930266032003-04-22T00:35:00.000-04:002003-04-22T00:42:26.000-04:00Come-on, Give Me A Break
"Now this really pisses me off to no end!" - David Lo Pan, Big Trouble In Little China
Excuse me, but I am tired of the sycophantic, whiny, brain-dead morons who insist that because some money gets taken away from them due to their cavernous piehole spewing forth unintelligent political statements against the people who are giving them the money that their "rights" haveJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-929585812003-04-20T22:27:00.000-04:002003-04-20T22:30:33.000-04:00Wow, I Found My Champions Stats
Champions is a role-playing game (Dungeons & Dragons is probably the most famous) where the participants create and play Super-Hero type characters.
You know: the Flash, Spiderman, Superman, Batman - those types of guys.
Seems that someone made up the Champions' Stats for Jack Burton. Even if you don't understand most of the article, it makes for an interesting Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-927491692003-04-16T21:17:00.000-04:002003-04-16T21:20:48.000-04:00More DMCA Ridiculousness
Coming soon to a state near you (or it might already be there): Draconian "Communications" Laws.
Read it all, and this article (linked from the previous) about why it would be a good use of your time if you would "communicate" to your elected officials why this is such terrible legislation.
I would wax on eloquently about it, but others have done it even better than Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-925178842003-04-13T01:36:00.000-04:002003-10-25T12:58:02.640-04:00Red Hat 9
I recently downloaded RedHat Linux 9, even though I didn't know if would ever install it. I dual-boot Windows 2000 and Linux (Red Hat 7.3) on my laptop, which I thought was running fine.
It had been a long time since I had booted Linux, and downloading RedHat 9 reminded me that I hadn't. So I booted it up and went surfing. I ran into a few browser crashes, which reminded me of why I Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-922548212003-04-08T20:20:00.000-04:002003-04-08T20:22:26.000-04:00Minority Report
Watched Minority Report in SVCD format. For those of you not familiar with SVCD, it is basically another way of taking a video source (Say a Movie DVD) and converting into a format that fits on one or more CD-R or CD-RW disks. You can then play it in most computer CD-ROM drives or in normal home DVD players. I'll leave it up to your imagination as to how I obtained the movie, andJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-919817062003-04-04T09:04:00.001-05:002003-04-05T08:30:52.000-05:00Iraq - The 51st State?
Why not?
I mean, if the Iraqi people, of their own free will during elections choose to do so, why not allow it?
OK, those of you out there who are now screaming, "See! Told you that the Americans are Imperialists!" can sit back down now. I'm not talking about forced statehood, but statehood chosen by the free will of the Iraqi people.
"But what about the costs? We Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-919816982003-04-04T09:04:00.000-05:002003-04-04T09:14:58.000-05:00What The Hell?
OK - What happened around here? How did my blog and another get intertwined. It must have been a transporter accident, or more like the move "The Fly".
Wonderful.
UPDATE: Blogger doesn't offer support for free account. OK - I understand that, but how can I report this bug to them if they won't ever read it?
UPDATE: If you click on a permalink, everything looks correct. WTF???
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-917552272003-03-31T23:35:00.000-05:002003-03-31T23:37:40.000-05:00I Don't Usually Spam E-mail
But this was cute:
Subject: Snappy Answers to ........
Young Americans will die in battle.
-- Would you prefer they die in skyscrapers?
The United States is taking unilateral action against Iraq!
--So far, it's a 90-member worldwide "unilateral" coalition.
We are in a rush to war.
--A 12-year rush?
Tough inspections can disarm Saddam Hussein without Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-917057192003-03-31T08:17:00.000-05:002003-03-31T08:19:08.000-05:00So You Wanna See What It's Like Fighting Against Iraqi Troops?
Well, it's not exactly realistic, but it gives you an idea of what it's like. What am I talking about? I'm referring to Electronic Arts' first person shooter (FPS) Battlefield 1942.
Now, you might wonder how a game that allows you to play different WWII scenarios can help you understand the differences between our technology and Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-912108122003-03-22T23:54:00.000-05:002003-03-23T10:41:12.000-05:00Source of Maps of the Middle East
People have been looking for more detailed maps of the Middle East on-line. Here's a few:
Iraq
Baghdad (area)
Kuwait (Political)
Kuwait (Relief)
Qatar
Iran
Syria
Turkey (4016K)
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Middle East
Hope you find these links useful.
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-911210652003-03-21T08:12:00.000-05:002003-03-21T08:17:01.000-05:00I Guess I'm One of The Lucky Ones Too
"We are the lucky ones"
Yeah, OK, I can hear some of you now (those people who live in negativity-land) who will grouse that those days were full of hidden child and spousal abuse, alcoholism, and racism. Well, we could have fixed all those things without changing the good things, no?Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-910950852003-03-20T20:43:00.000-05:002003-03-20T20:44:42.000-05:00It's Getting Worse
As you can see from this article, the SARS situation is getting worse. It appears that this outbreak started with a doctor from China (the area where SARS is thought to have come from) that was visiting a hotel in Hong Kong.
Cases have now been seen in Switzerland and New York City. I think this is going to get much worse before it gets any better. Since we have no treatment Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-910947022003-03-20T20:36:00.000-05:002003-03-20T20:47:20.000-05:00God Bless Our Troops
I'm not even going to try to add more to the already plentiful posts about the War In Iraq. Only want to say that I hope our troops are victorious in as short of time as possible.
For whatever reason that any of you think that this war is being waged for, the fact is that the Iraqi people will be better off once Saddam Hussein is removed.
No more rape factories, no more Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-908378712003-03-17T00:03:00.000-05:002003-03-17T00:07:09.000-05:00Hopefully Medical Technology Can Stop This One
Today the World Heath Organization and the U.S. Center for Disease Control released warnings about a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). You can read a FAQ about the little we know about the disease here.
Due to the mobility of our population, the disease seems to be spreading rapidly. It seems to me to have some of the same characteristics Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-906270182003-03-12T22:22:00.000-05:002003-03-16T20:28:05.000-05:00Don't Call Us, We'll Call You
I lost the link, but Bush signed the "No-Call List" bill to help thwart those nasty, intrusive telemarketing calls. The flip-side is that the law doesn't apply to Political, Charity, or Survey calls.
So, if you've been diligent enough to keep your phone numbers off of forms and other places that gets in on telemarketers' lists, are you going to put it on a Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-906255072003-03-12T21:54:00.000-05:002003-03-12T21:55:03.000-05:00This Is A Great Country
[shallowjack]
I'm sitting here, blogging and getting paid. Another Computer Forensics case, this time looking for porn. So I'm getting paid to look at porn. What a great country, no? Of course, having to wait for the computer to do keyword searches of a large hard drives entire contents can take a while, so I have to wait before I find the stuff.
I started the case this Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-903797732003-03-08T21:07:00.000-05:002003-03-08T23:41:38.000-05:00Why I Support Action Against Saddam Hussein
There are those who say that Bush is only doing what he is to get revenge for the plot to kill his father, or to 'finish the job' that was started in 1991. To the second part, I say "What's wrong with that?"
Our mistake was not following through with regime change back then.
This article has all the reasons why I support removing Saddam from power, Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-903789702003-03-08T20:43:00.000-05:002003-03-08T20:43:21.733-05:00Get Your Porn Faster Than Ever Before
Now when we can get these speeds to my home I will be impressed - and I'll probably never go outdoors again.
When do we get our holodecks?Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-903789062003-03-08T20:41:00.002-05:002003-03-08T20:44:17.000-05:00Dude, You're Getting a.....BLAM!
Maybe he was disappinted that the Dell dude got pinched for marijuana, maybe he just got off the phone with Dell customer support, or maybe he was still running Windows Me, but in any case, his computer is now permanently BSOD'd (BLACK Screen of Death'd)
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-903789192003-03-08T20:41:00.001-05:002003-03-08T20:41:56.546-05:00Thank God They Didn't Have This When I Was In School
Not that I skipped class or school much, but this device would have caused a lot grief for several of my classmates.
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-903789152003-03-08T20:41:00.000-05:002003-03-08T20:41:43.356-05:00You Have an Instant Message, Please Deposit 25 Cents....
Why do these companies think that they can charge for something that people can go other places and get for free? I'll stick with MSN Instant Messenger until it goes pay as well.
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-900166812003-03-02T17:50:00.000-05:002003-03-03T12:26:31.000-05:00Rally For America
I attended Glenn Beck's Rally For America in Cleveland today. Despite a -11 wind chill factor, it was a very positive crowd. There was no whining, complaining, or other negative feelings. The rally consisted of music, speakers, and several veterans groups. Many veterans attended the rally, and those people know the horrors of war, yet their support shows that they know that Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-897586052003-02-26T00:13:00.000-05:002003-02-26T00:23:06.000-05:00I'm For Taking Them Out And Shooting Them
So you spend $40 for a device that helps you avoid telemarketers. You also get privacy manager from your local phone company that helps you screen incoming unidentified phone numbers. Then you pay the phone company not to publish your phone number (which seems backwards to me). All this in the name of not having annoying people solicit you over the phoneJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-892186962003-02-16T22:48:00.000-05:002003-02-16T22:48:19.573-05:00You'll Shoot Your Eye Out
I apologize to the two or three readers I have for the lack of posts lately. Having to shovel the driveway 2-3 times a day due to the large amount of snow we've been having, coupled with a last minute computer forensics request from a panicked client have eaten up a lot of my time. I was also out of town for another client for a few days.
One of my clients recently Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-888310712003-02-09T23:04:00.000-05:002003-02-21T07:04:16.000-05:00So You Want To Record It All?
This post comes in reponse to a request made over at Hell In A Handbasket. Once again, James comes up with some good material for me to post about. I'd probably have about half of what's here if it weren't for him (and only about 10% of the traffic I have).
So over at Megan McArdle's place they are having a discussion about videotaping all "Police Confessions". It Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-886836812003-02-06T22:07:00.000-05:002003-02-06T22:22:51.000-05:00Deceptive Poverty Claims
James over at Hell In A Handbasket posts about how John Baer in the Philadelphia Daily newspaper states that we should think about not spending anymore money on the NASA space program.
The gist of the article is of course, the money. He waxes eloquent about the danger to the participants, but in the end, its really the money. It always comes down to money - you might Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-885690992003-02-04T22:36:00.000-05:002003-02-04T22:39:50.000-05:00Been Too Busy
To come up with anything really educational, insightful, and interesting. So I'll just do some more tidbits:
Looks like Microsoft isn't the only 'evil' computer company
Wow - Man banned from bars and pubs, all because of some wine and pork pies. What the heck are pork pies anyway? Could someone clue me in?
This article will have the Linux Zealots in a tizzy!
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-885036662003-02-03T20:27:00.000-05:002003-02-03T20:36:08.000-05:00Fake CNN-website Taken Offline
Even though they were full of spelling and grammar errors, several television stations and media outlets picked up as real stories generated by a spoofed CNN site as the real thing.
Just goes to show that today's media spews things out without even making a slight effort to validate the stories.
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-883051982003-01-30T22:24:00.000-05:002003-01-30T22:24:05.140-05:00One Nation, Under Bill....
Balkanization is a natural force amongst human beings. When the Soviet Union broke up, the separate "countries" didn't all stay together to form a "more perfect union", instead many separated and did their own thing. I believe this is what the founding fathers intended with the United States. A limited central government, with the states free to create their own socialJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-883044492003-01-30T22:09:00.000-05:002003-01-30T22:09:08.390-05:00Remember when 200Mhz was fast?
Some of you will say that you remember when 100Mhz was fast. I do too, but then the next generation of chips came out, and they were soon 100Mhz speed as well. Well, you ain't seen nuthin' yet as this article states that we'll see 10Ghz - Yes 10,000Mhz CPUs in 2-3 years.
Zoom, zoom, zoom. I'm going to need a cryogenics system to keep it cool though.
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-882494212003-01-29T23:40:00.000-05:002003-01-29T23:41:09.000-05:00Plenty of Space for Everyone
Western Digital is about to release its new line of 250 Gigabyte hard drives. Grab a ATA133 or ATA133-RAID controller that can address that much space per disk, buy 4 of them, and suddenly you have a terabyte of data space available. Who needs compression after that? Rip your CDs right to WAV instead of MP3, capture untold hours of video from a card like the ATI Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-882408222003-01-29T20:52:00.000-05:002003-01-29T23:44:39.000-05:00Let's Just Make Like A Tree...
...and leave. First the UN puts Libya at the head of the Human Rights Committee, and now Iraq will head the Disarmament Committee.
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-881538062003-01-28T08:31:00.000-05:002003-01-28T08:33:50.000-05:00Looks Like Microsoft Isn't the Only "Evil" Software Company
Linux Zealots have always been quick to criticize that big software company from Redmond Washington for forcing the consumer into upgrades that they don't need.
So what are they going to say now that the 'Flagship' Linux distro, RedHat is going to end support for consumer level products after 12 months?
Of course, the most religious Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-881529392003-01-28T08:06:00.000-05:002003-01-28T08:06:56.860-05:00A Little Young To Be A Designated Driver
Maybe Dad had been drinking? Hmmmm. My oldest is 7, I don't think she could see to drive the car.Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-881522562003-01-28T07:46:00.000-05:002003-01-28T07:48:46.000-05:00Could Blogging Be Dangerous To Your Health?
You...yes....YOU! Get up off your arse and get moving. Don't spend all day reading blogs, chatting, or playing your favorite on-line games! According to the European Repiratory Journal you can die from sitting in front of your computer for too long. Check out some of the comments to the article as well, you might find a few of them interesting. One Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-880102092003-01-25T12:14:00.000-05:002003-01-25T12:19:00.000-05:00New Worm Crippling the Internet
If you have noticed that many sites are off-line or hard to get to, it is due to a new worm that is affecting servers running Microsoft SQL. It's affecting the core Internet routers. Here's a picture of the state of the Internet as of 8:00AM GMT 1/25/2003:
The techy explanation (Thanks to HD Moore (sflist_at_digitaloffense.net and Worm Info) for this):
A worm Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-879826082003-01-24T18:53:00.000-05:002003-01-24T19:54:47.000-05:00More "Switch" Hitters
I have many Canadian friends, and in keeping with the 'Switch To' thread, here's another interesting one:
Switch to.....Canada?
Not really funny (well it could be, depending on your political leanings) but the site is interesting. Please link all the psycho anti-war activists you know to it. Maybe we can jettison a few....
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-879534712003-01-24T07:59:00.000-05:002003-01-27T11:01:55.000-05:00Do We Really Want This?
The Pentagon is deploying videophones to "public affairs officers" in order to "counter hostile propaganda". So now when some knob of a 'journalist' reports that the US military has bombed some civilian target near the front lines without verifying the information, the Pentagon can counter with video feed directly from the front lines.
Sounds all well and good, and mightJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-879190492003-01-23T16:31:00.000-05:002003-01-23T16:33:10.000-05:00James Can Relate To This One
There was this guy who used to get arrested regularly around here, and he had the misfortune of having a smiley face in the center of one of his fingerprints. Wasn't even necessary to check his prints against the database, everyone knew who he was as soon as the prints were taken, yet he still tried to lie about who he was.
Oh well, criminals who try to change theirJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-879187082003-01-23T16:25:00.000-05:002003-01-23T16:25:14.630-05:00Talk about Expensive Cartridges
Go ahead, print yourself some organs.
Brings a whole new meaning to buying refills, and you thought ink carts were expensive before, ha!
Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3472270.post-879178672003-01-23T16:07:00.000-05:002003-01-25T01:15:47.000-05:00Switch to....
You might have seen the Apple "Switch" commericals which try to convince you to switch from "PCs" to Macs. There's a couple of good parodies that can be found...
Switch to....Mac?
Switch to....Linux (Eeeevil Distro)
(25 Jan 03) UPDATE: Looks like she canna take it anymore Cap'n - www.ubergeek.tv where the Switch to....Linux parody is at must be overloaded. I have it mirrored Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459776238043868926noreply@blogger.com