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Oct. 29th, 2009 @ 02:41 pm
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things are good. never remember to keep up on here. myface every now and then but mostly twitter. 140 characters can communicate a lot of things especially when they are in a near continuous stream from all the people that you know (well, ok most.).
random thought of the day is that Eli Whitney failed at what Software as a Service is trying to do.
Whitney received a patent (later numbered as X72 [1]) for his cotton gin on March 14, 1794; however, it was not validated until 1807. Whitney and his partner Miller did not intend to sell the gins. Rather, like the proprietors of grist and sawmills, they expected to charge farmers for cleaning their cotton - two-fifths of the profits, paid in cotton. Resentment at this scheme, the mechanical simplicity of the device, and the primitive state of patent law, made infringement inevitable. As Whitney and Miller were unable to produce enough gins to meet demand, imitation gins began to spread. Ultimately, patent infringement lawsuits consumed the profits and their cotton gin company went out of business in 1797.
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Should be trying to get to sleep. OTC mixer seems to be dragging me in but still restless in that recess it never really quiets down. I guess it's only so loud because it's so quiet. Still, here I am posting on a relic for the hell of it with about as much to say. It's that enthusiasm that we keep in check because we see where fervor gets us. The control is just in the wrong place but is some part of the distinction between the two. So, from when we can't help it and we feel away till we're crazy, we get this hunch we never should of started, then reinforce it by shutting down it's little brother when it comes along. The results get mistaken for proof and we end up not giving a fuck because we do and can't help it. What the fuck do I know... it's probably just the melatonin talking. gniteCurrent Mood:  weird |
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Me: This reminds me a bit of The Life of Bryan.
Him: Most of life does if you look around.Current Mood:  drained |
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I've covered a few miles since I posted last. Life is generally good though "interesting" as it usually is. Let's see where to start...
Eh, forget that. For "Real" (tm) catching up IM or the phone would probably be better. So here's a summary.
Life goes on and I'm in Portland Oregon now. Hmm... I'm sure there's more to it but that's a start, right?
I got a hair cut today. I need hangers since mine were apparently lost in the move.
Due to the economic downturn the company I relocated with had to eliminate a quarter of it's staff but it's not all that bad even though my position was one of those eliminated. All in all, still a fan of the company and hope they are as hugely successful as I know they can be.
So it goes. :) Anywho, write me and let's catch up whoever you are. It's definitely been too long since I've talked to most people and I'm trying to get back to something resembling balance.Current Mood: hungry Current Music: My Toaster Oven - Convection |
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Nov. 7th, 2006 @ 10:32 am
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$ finger coke@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
[ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au]
The University Computer Club http://www.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/
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The UCC Coke machine.
Slot 0 has sold 159 drinks of type null c0ke.
Slot 1 has sold 97 drinks of type solo.
Slot 2 has sold 99 drinks of type screaming soda.
Slot 3 has sold 32 drinks of type kole beer and is now empty.
Slot 4 has sold 32 drinks of type passion foo.
Slot 5 has sold 32 drinks of type lemonade.
Slot 6 has sold 32 drinks of type coke.
May your pink fish bing into the distance.
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Debian GNU/Linux Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Software in the Public InterestCurrent Mood:  amused Current Music: Air - All I Need (With Beth Hirsch) |
| » The Lord Chamberlain once said to his servant... |
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See you now;
Your bait of falsehood takes this carp of truth:
And thus do we of wisdom and of reach,
With windlaces, and with assays of bias,
By indirections find directions out:
So, by my former lecture and advice,
Shall you my son. You have me, have you not?
Sep. 6th, 2006 @ 02:18 am
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| » Did MySpam eat everyone? |
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Just wondering who's still out there on LJ with enough spare time to reply...
Aug. 25th, 2006 @ 04:25 pm
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( FM-DL )
Aug. 21st, 2006 @ 08:57 pm
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| » Karuna |
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Have you ever met one of those people that is nigh impossible to get close to? Someone, who for one reason or another, you would like to call a friend in it's purest sense. Yet, unlike times bound up in unrequited romatic attraction, social ineptitude, or prejudice, something more fundamental stands in the way. Context. Walls they have built for reasons better than one should ever have to try and explain.
Life.
Like anyone else they have faults and quirks. There are pleanty of people that don't like them for one reason or another, some of those reasons more valid than others. Some times they misunderstand actions or words, viewing both with the suspicion of a wounded child. More than once you watch them act out towards others who stumble into the wrong time and place.
You see fear and pain in a hardened face that deserves better. You see kindness behind bloodshot eyes. Strength and basic goodness burried under miles of life's scars.
They hurt, and there's little left for you, except to sit in silence. There is nothing you can righfully try to give or take away. There is nothing to say or do. So we share the silence.
Karuna... karuna...
kyrieleison.
Jun. 23rd, 2006 @ 05:36 am
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| » Where Darth is now... |
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Jun. 19th, 2006 @ 01:15 am
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:-P
Jun. 13th, 2006 @ 01:47 am
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Americans: a dangerous new bill affecting your use of digital music is being introduced in Congress on Wednesday. Section 115 Reform Act of 2006 (SIRA) fundamentally redefines copyright and fair use in the digital world by requiring all "incidental copies" of music to be licensed separately from the original copy. That means the literal bits of songs that are cached in your computer's memory and buffered over the network between SomaFM and your speakers would need yet another license. Basically, any way to distribute internet radio will have to pay yet another digital fee. And even worse, you won't be allowed to make copies of music you own on your computer or iPod! IP Action has more details on the SIRA bill. Here's how to ask your congressman to oppose the SIRA bill. For more background, read a PDF of the SIRA bill. 5-Jun-06
Jun. 7th, 2006 @ 08:40 am
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| » I'm up for auction tonight. |
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So, tonight at the Mini-Con anime convention I will be getting auctioned off as part of a Bishi Auction at 7:30pm.
http://www.animeu.org/mini-con/index.html
*gulp*
Jun. 3rd, 2006 @ 11:24 am
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Hello, hello
Are you out there?
M.O.D. are you out there?
I can't see your face
But you left a trace on a data back-road
That I almost erased
Not even God takes this long to get back
So get back
'Cause I hit a fork in the road
I lost my way home
I'm cut off from out main line
Like a disconnected modem
Hello
Tap in the code
I'll reach you below
No one should brave the underworld alone
Hello, hello, hello
How do I reach you?
Word has it on the wire
That you don't who you are
Well if you could jack into my brain
You'd know exactly what you mean here
Mothers are trails on stars in the night
Fathers are black holes that suck up the light
That's the memory I filed on the fringe
Along with the memory of the pain you lived in
Hello
I don't have the password
But the path is chainlinked
So if you've got the time
Set up the tone to sync
Tap in the code
I'll reach you below
Hello, hello
Are you out there?
May. 26th, 2006 @ 03:39 am
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We are as entitled to opinion and belief, as we are to uncertainty and doubt.
May. 25th, 2006 @ 06:36 am
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| » Please help. |
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If anyone has any info on how to find/contact someone who is in the Marine Corps, please let me know. I don't have a whole lot of information to work with other than his first and last name. He would have enlisted around 7/00. As of 2/02 was an E3 (LCpl), was on a 'special training assignment', and was stationed at a base in DC. He's an old friend who I would really like to make sure is ok.
Thanks in advance.
May. 20th, 2006 @ 04:36 am
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from the latest 40 pics posted to LJ to some russion blog to some german site we get a dong-sabre duel.
Ok, probably NSFW, but what the hell. What else is the net good for?
May. 17th, 2006 @ 04:56 am
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| » Fun with Snakes |
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Well, my brother Andy and I spent this afternoon saving/capturing a snake that was caught in some landscape netting that was around mom's rock garden/waterfall thing. At first we thought it was a cottonmouth/water moccasin, but 1) It seems to have a round pupil, 2) It's scales past the vent leading up to the tip of the tail, are double, vs. single, and 3) We can't locate a 'pit' between the eye and nostril. All of these features makes it seem like this snake isn't a cottonmouth (a pit viper), but rather a harmless (though ill tempered) Northern Water Snake. Then again who knows?
I've got it in a large rubbermaid container and am looking for the lid to go set him free down by the river. woo hoo!
May. 10th, 2006 @ 06:36 pm
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| » I'm not dead. |
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Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net
Apr. 12th, 2006 @ 03:48 pm
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| » In related randomness |
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yanked from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ladyjaida which was linked to by littlemanganeko the one who posed the vampire mandoll...
Fic Author: Sirius put eyeliner on.
Jaida: What?
Fic Author: And shiny leather pants.
Jaida: Why?
Fic Author: Suddenly, Remus was behind him.
Jaida: How?
Fic Author: With glitter.
Jaida: Huh?
Fic Author: "Oh Sirius," Remus said. "I love you passionately to the tunes of David Bowie."
Jaida: Help?
more here
blah... sleep will find me soon.
Apr. 5th, 2006 @ 03:05 am
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