This much apparently:
“A note on the electronics retailer website Dabs.com reads: “If you’re not ready for Vista, you can downgrade to Windows XP without affecting your Sony VAIO warranty and switch back to Vista at any time.”
Ouch.
Posted by macguiguru as Musings, Tech at 1:12 AM MDT No Comments
Pure genius.
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Posted by macguiguru as Discuss!, Humor, Musings, Politics, Religion at 12:13 AM MDT No Comments
Oh dear, this can’t be good.
Those brave, daring young men who did such good work in New Orleans might have been helping tha TERRISTS.
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By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors are investigating whether employees of the private security firm Blackwater USA illegally smuggled into Iraq weapons that may have been sold on the black market and ended up in the hands of a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, officials said Friday.
Posted by macguiguru as Discuss!, Politics at 11:19 PM MDT No Comments
Our signing station for the Union Annex Referendum was visited by one of the candidates for Longmont City Council - Gabe Santos. What a nice guy. He’s always polite, not snarky (at least not in a mean way and ya gotta love that) and he’s out on the streets. He always greets me in person and shakes my hand. Very classic and very classy.
If you have to vote GOP (and some of you do, we know your pastor tells you to or you’ll go to hell*) then you certainly can’t go wrong with Gabe.
(* see, that’s mean snarky, but that’s just me.)
Posted by macguiguru as Discuss!, Politics at 11:08 PM MDT No Comments
I can’t believe the right (well, ever, but more so at the moment) - once again they get some stooge in a uniform to stand up so they can, uh, slink down and hide.
Petraeus did betray our country - by helping cover up for the disaster in Iraq. It’s not his first time either - he’s the one in charge getting the Iraqi security forces ready so our troops can come home - and he lied about that too - where are all the trained Iraqis? They don’t exist, just like the truth doesn’t exist for the GOP. Grand Ole Prevaricators.
I’m sick of hearing how a uniform somehow makes someone infalible - the Romans learned that lesson the hard way, looks like we’ll have to learn it again.
Posted by macguiguru as Discuss!, Politics at 9:43 PM MDT No Comments
Published on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 by TruthOut.org
Pentagon Sued Over Mandatory Christianity
by Jason Leopold
A military watchdog organization filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and a US Army major, on behalf of an Army soldier stationed in Iraq. The suit charges the Pentagon with widespread constitutional violations by allegedly trying to force the soldier to embrace evangelical Christianity and then retaliating against him when he refused.
Posted by macguiguru as Discuss!, Politics, Religion at 9:56 PM MDT No Comments
(reposted by request - MDW)
On Sep 18, 2007, at Sep 18, 10:19 , John Erhardt wrote:
Dear friends,
I’m about to announce the SquareState Small Donor Committee and am asking for your early support to launch this important effort to link the netroots with smart, targetting action to support progressive candidates at the state and local level.
Posted by macguiguru as Discuss!, Guest Bloggers, Politics at 9:24 PM MDT No Comments
Just had a very disheartening experience with a hosting company - one recommended by the developers at WordPress.org : Bluehost.com
I chose their service for my primary employer’s site and have thus far been delighted with their service (except their server response time, which they claim is due to local network issues, but now I’m not so sure).
I decided to sign my wife up using their service (for a small business she’s starting) and bit on their $6.95/mo deal for 24 months - until the next morning when I saw that they’d billed me for all of the 24 months at once - and nothing on any of the pages we saw indicated that. I really should have known when there was no total page indicating what I’d bought (like 99% of the other vendors I’ve done business with). They were more than happy to change it to a three-month rate, oh, but would have to add a $30 service fee.
At that point I realized whom I was dealing with and the Orem, UT address suddenly loomed large in my memory. They agreed to cancel the account and refund the full amount, but the jury’s still out on that one.
My advice: stay away from BlueHost, deceptive marketing = crooked at heart.
Sad too, great technical features and good support… ruined by someone with no ethics.
Posted by macguiguru as Musings, Tech at 8:02 AM MDT No Comments
Our friends Marty and Kate Beier are delightfully twisted people.
After several years of sharing adjoining campground properties, we finally installed a (slightly used) outbuilding that was immediately christened ‘Wizzengard’ due to it’s tall stature.
During a recent visit I discovered that the Beiers had finally added the crowning touch - a sign complete with a miniature Saruman holding a palantir.
Delightfully twisted.
Posted by macguiguru as Discuss!, Humor, Life, etc., Musings at 8:55 PM MDT No Comments
I decided quite some time ago that I would not support Hillary Clinton for president. Here’s more reason why.
Hillary’s Prayer: Hillary Clinton’s Religion and Politics
For 15 years, Hillary Clinton has been part of a secretive religious group that seeks to bring Jesus back to Capitol Hill. Is she triangulating—or living her faith?
By Kathryn Joyce and Jeff Sharlet
Posted by macguiguru as Discuss!, Politics at 8:26 PM MDT No Comments
Akismet has caught 5,806 spam for you since you first installed it.
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Not one got by.
Spammers = slime.
Weak, foolish and clownlike.
Akismet crushes them like tiny dung beetles.
Your idiot ads will never despoil my site. Never.
Die spammers. Die.
Posted by macguiguru as Discuss!, Humor, Life, etc., Musings at 7:44 PM MDT No Comments
…there’s usually fire.
Every year thousands of acres of forest are destroyed by fires - this post is dedicated to the courageous and hard-working men and women that pit themselves against humankind’s oldest foe (and ally).
I work with a wonderful young woman, Kim Egan, whose husband Tim is part of a crew that fights fires. Below is a shot (click for larger image) of his entire team as well as a ‘glamour’ shot of him in a more… pensive mood.
He’s a lumberjack - and he’s ok. Really.
Honest.
(grin)
The whole team
“Scorch” looking at cloud shapes.
Posted by macguiguru as Discuss!, Life, etc., People, Photos at 12:14 AM MDT No Comments
Zombie Pfizer Computers Spew Viagra Spam
By Ryan Singel - Wired
Computers inside pharmaceutical giant Pfizer’s network are spamming the internet with e-mails touting the company’s flagship erectile-enhancement drug Viagra, along with ads for knockoff Rolexes and shady junk stocks.
But the e-mails are not part of Pfizer’s official marketing efforts.
Pfizer’s computers appear to have been infected with malware that has transformed them into zombie computers sending spam at the behest of a hacker. Oddly enough, they are spamming the public’s inboxes with ads for the company’s own product.
Posted by macguiguru as Discuss!, Life, etc. at 9:42 AM MDT No Comments
From Slashdot
“It’s been widely reported by now that Comcast is throttling BitTorrent traffic. What has escaped attention is the fact that Comcast, like the Great Firewall of China uses forged TCP Reset (RST) packets to do the job. While the Chinese government can do what they want, it turns out that Comcast may actually be violating criminal impersonation statutes in states around the country. Simply put, while it’s legal to block traffic on your network, forging data to and from customers is a big no-no.”
Posted by macguiguru as Discuss!, Life, etc., Musings, News, Tech at 5:21 PM MDT No Comments
Well, it’s happened again - police arrested a man because he refused to show an ID.
This insanity has GOT TO STOP.
The police are clearly scared out of their minds that people will suddenly start asserting their rights and are pushing this hard.
Read the whole article, it’s chilling.
This is the first step on the slippery slope folks. We simply must NOT allow it to become commonplace.
Posted by macguiguru as Discuss!, Life, etc., Politics at 9:16 PM MDT No Comments
