So, yesterday I accidentially happened upon a launch party for the new ubuntu distribution – Karmic Koala.
I’m all for ubuntu in relation to boot-time, time to boot apps, look and feel etc… but from talking with the geeks at the launch party I realised that ubuntu will never succeed. I run both ubuntu and windows, since some of my needs are only met by windows, especially in regard to being certain that you can access basic functionality with 3rd parties, such as my eBank, my tax registration etc. And apparently so do most ubuntu users.
I learned that even the ubuntu geeks run windows to be able to play the newest games… so it is all over, ubuntu… even your dedicated followers are sleeping with the enemy…
And some tiny details like the fact that you need to actively enable mp3s and similar file-formats is separating ubuntu from being a truly “walk-up-and-use” system for the average user.
There IS no H1N1 (that name sounds like some lame internet joke) – the name IS THE SWINE FLU – so fuck you. (see – it rhymes).
Why they have chosen that other name totally escapes me – but the name is lame.
Recently we had a bird flu – why can’t we have a swine flue?
Swine are cool… and supposedly quite intelligent.
And the name Swine Flu actually has some star quality – a nice ring. The Black Plague wasn’t known by some geekish name like p3st or something, was it now?
I refuse to acknowledge H1N1 – there is ONLY THE SWINE FLU.
This really is quite an old cartoon, yet you’ll see it again and again… where there are software people, someone will have a print of this cartoon by their desk…
Apparently the software development process has a built-in crunch time where people (at least if you are able to keep some level of perspective on the work you are doing, and not just the ‘evil geek’ type who somehow find pleasure in knowing that the customers actually got cheated out yet again) will realize that we are not constructing what the customer wants…
Maybe it is due to the catch-22 that the people who are making requirements for a software project are most often users…And not only ‘real’ users, but often some kind of manager, which is even worse (managers often have surprisingly little technical understanding of the software development process)…
Basically the people that make the requirements, do not understand the requirements they are setting, due to being in another context (as users), whereas we the software people are by the very nature of the situation not able to set correct requirements for the users…
Scrum might be able to improve this, somewhat, since the users/people setting requirements will be able to actually understand what is being developed at an earlier time… but having a well-run software process still requires a lot of effort, both from the development team AND the product owner/ users / requirements approver.
In the recent shooting in Pittsburgh (cool name, Pittsburgh, by the way) an IT-developer went crazy after many years of sexual starvation, and working with IT.
The killer was an IT developer who actually did not look too bad:
the face of the killer
The guy seemed actually like an okay guy – some of his writings are a bit banal, but not in any way ‘Sick’ or ‘Evil’ as some people might expect. Apparently the reason was simly dissatisfaction with the fairer sex (and we all share that so…)
I think the key to understanding this killer is not just his ‘hatred towards women’ but rather the fact that he was working with IT – Angryton hereby makes a prediction: in the coming decades we will see more and more IT workers crack up and come to the office (or mall, or fitness center) blazing. Being an IT-developer will be perceived as an eerie job, with a high probability for snapping and going on a homicidal/suicidal killing spree.
The term ‘Going Postal’ will be used more and more about workers from the IT industry… As a former colleague of mine said:”IT eats my soul”.
August 3, 2009:
I took off today, Monday, and tomorrow to practice my routine and make sure it is well polished. I need to work out every detail, there is only one shot. Also I need to be completely immersed into something before I can be successful. I haven’t had a drink since Friday at about 2:30. Total effort needed. Tomorrow is the big day.
Unfortunately I talked to my neighbor today, who is very positive and upbeat. I need to remain focused and absorbed COMPLETELY. Last time I tried this, in January, I chickened out. Lets see how this new approach works.
Maybe soon, I will see God and Jesus. At least that is what I was told. Eternal life does NOT depend on works. If it did, we will all be in hell. Christ paid for EVERY sin, so how can I or you be judged BY GOD for a sin when the penalty was ALREADY paid. People judge but that does not matter. I was reading the Bible and The Integrity of God beginning yesterday, because soon I will see them.
I will try not to add anymore entries because this computer clicking distracts me.
Also, any of the “Practice Papers” left on my coffee table I used or the notes in my gym bag can be published freely. I will not be embarased, because, well, I will be dead. Some people like to study that stuff. Maybe all this will shed insight on why some people just cannot make things happen in their life, which can potentially benefit others.
A colleague at work showed me this and I was simply speechless… and fascinated…
You MUST see this:
You MUST SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT.
It is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen – and I seeing crazy shit has been my main internet – vice for many years… OK, maybe there is one other thing on the internet just as crazy, namely tubbygirl, but lets save her for some other time…
Anyhoo, I can honestly say that I’ve never felt as closely connected to turtles as I did watching this – it’s great… it’s the greatest thing since Obama!!!
Count Varg is released from prison – and Angryton would like to salute him. For being “a somebody in a world of nobodies” as David Vincent once put it.
However, after Gaahl “King ov Fashion” launched his career as a designer of womens clothing, it is expected that a household name in Scandinavian black metal such as Varg Vikernes should have some sort of fashionable look – But WTF?
Varg - Vagabond?
Why has Varg chosen the Drunkard look?
The new "leather and spikes" look?
Has Varg chosen to look as the typical welfare state “looser” as a conscious act of rebellion against the nice and clean Norwegian society or what?
I don’t know, but fact is he looks 47 (he is 37) and like he is a on welfare and spending his days drinking in a park…
3. Seat yourself in the Middle –>research shows that people tend to look up to the person seated in the middle of a table.
4. Ask for favors. This will make people like you more.
5. Make mistakes. Mistakes make you appear human. People will like you better.
6. POSITIVE gossiping. Is what its all about… possitive gossiping will make the people you surround yourself with associate you with the positive phrases you use about others. That’s a fact.
7. Eat Out. Making a meal a joyus, social occasion – will improve your life.
8. Make plans – and split them into to milestones you can accomplish.
9. Write your own celebratory speech – think about yourself – celebrate your victories – Celebrate yourself!!
10. Put a mirror in the kitchen. To remind yourself that a healthy spirit will only live in a BEAUTIFUL body. So don’t overeat.
11. Eat Fast THEN Slow – Science says so.
12. Buy a plant – live green – BE green. Plants help against loneliness and depression.
13. SAY YES!!! to life, to opportunities, to things you wouldn’t normally do.
Do the above and angryton GUARANTEES you a GREAT life. Awaken the inner GIANT!!!
Obama did the clever thing and closed down Guantanamo, that has evolved into a kind of symbol of all the wrongdoings of the Bush-administration. Besides Guantanamo itself the President Elect also gave an executive order closing down all “black sites” – basically what is described by parts of the press as secret CIA torture prisons.
However, this might only have a symbolic value, since a closer examination reveals loopholes that basically will allow the detainment of people SUSPECTED of terrorism without conviction or trial at the discretion of the CIA.
Somehow the old administration actually seemed more honest – nobody really doubted that the Bush administration was de facto santioning torture or detainment without trial, but while Obama is perceived to be the antidote to the George W. Bush way of doing politics, these things are actually allowed to continue.
Just a quick post to give direction to an overlooked news-story (even if it is about 10 years too late…).
In 1999 Nato bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. It was during the wars in the former Yugoslavia, and during the Clinton administrations actions against Serbia and Slobodan Milosevic. That much is certain.
The Chinese reaction was one of outrage, and the official explanation was something along the lines of “an outdated map” that caused this precise bombing of the embassy.
To get to the funny part: an alternative view was given in several big and well respected newspapers, that it was fully intentional, and that the Nato coalition / Clinton administration had discovered that the Chinese embassy was using advanced radio equipment to help the Milosevic side with “rebroadcasting” and similar military infrastructural stuff.
Anyway, I remembered the story and tried to find some useful information on the blessed internet – it was actually harder than I thought.. so this is why I’m adding my two cents, participating in getting some extra redundancy of sources for this story.
The reason why it has gotten so little focus from conspiracy nuts is probably that it really is quite likely – and not really part of any big picture… it somehow lacks the x-factor that make it to the great conspiracy conspiracy… Most of the facts are well-known and not contested, and even the part that is contested (did China help the Milosevic side? Did the US bomb the Chinese embassy deliberately?) does not really change anything about how most people view the world, or fit into some well-formed conspiranoid world-view.
