Not sure what it is lately... but, as soon as I delete some comment spam, I get more back... so... I'm now banning IP addresses... I hate to do it... really I do. But I have no choice... I'm sure this won't be the last batch I have to do, but it must be done.
I've finally found some time to get the latest and greatest version of bBlog installed. I love the new color changes to the admin section... as the old ones were kinda... plain and very boring. Anyhow, I hope this new software will help me keep a better handle on all the comment spam I've been getting lately... if not, I'll have to figure something else out...
The trolls are at it again... I've change my comment posting delay to 30 minutes to help thwart some of the comment spam. As a result of some people, that deem the internet as a new medium for their get rich quick scams. Such protection has become nessisary.
From The Register, the article talks about Sun's constant flux of wether or not they like linux this hour(yes they can change that often). Some people were excited when Sun said they were going to start supporting and selling linux(Java Desktop Anyone?). There were always the nay sayers who wouldn't give Sun a chance. Well I'm now officially going to stay on that side of the fence. I hate to say it (really I do). Sun sees the writing on the wall, but they *still* refuse to adapt to the changing market. They're bent on riding Solaris to the ground if thats where its going to take them. Maybe one day they'll wake up and pull a 180. IBM did... took them a while but they did it. Everyone else seems to be tip toeing around saying "maybe we will, maybe we won't... we're not sure". Getting on the boat would be great, but the ships not going to wait for them. It opens the door for more players to step up and take their place however. Which would be good, because we don't want everyone bowing out leaving IBM. Competition is a good thing.
Not sure why people seem to think its ok, but blog spamming (like email spamming) has to go. I mean... really. Why do people seem to think that it will make them more money? Sure in the short run it might be good... and earn some, but in the long run? I think it only does more harm than good in my personal opinion. That said, I won't remove comments, even if they're going against what I have said. However, I *will* remove any blog spam I see. Why? because I hate it and they don't deserve to be in business.
I started school last Monday (June the 6th) for a degree in "Computer Networking"(The actual name of the degree escapes me at the moment, but I'll correct it later). My first and only class currently is titled "Strategies For Success". Which is the reason for this post. So far the basic plot of the class is around the word "scotoma". By the classes definition, it means: "an inability to perceive something that is right in front of you". There have been various exercises done during class to prove this. This information however has not been suprising to me. I guess its just logical thinking that people all have different backgrounds and experiences that contribute into creating their own bias' based on those experiences. This is a good thing. Because of these differences, we are able to learn and grow from one another, it makes the world go around so to speak. However, these differences can also be a bad thing. When someone is different from you, it does not mean one person is better than the other. As an example(also something I can get quite upset over): During Utahs last elections there was a bill for an amendment(?, I'm not completley sure if it was a new law or an admendment to an old one) to make marriage only between a man and a woman. This was aimed directly at homosexuals and lesbians. My problem with this, has been Laws are for the purpose of protecting individuals rights, not prohibiting or excluding the rights of others. I believe its hippocritical of LDS members to push for such a law when, clearly, they're taught they need to be accepting of others, and of other beliefs. As another example, Wingers up in North Ogden wanted to sell alcohol last year some time too... and alot of people in the community were up in arms about it. My thoughts, just because they sell it does not mean you have to buy it. Live in the world but not of it so to speak. And if thats not enough for you... no one is making you dine at Wingers anyway...
Anyway, these are my thoughts, protected by the first admendment in the Bill of Rights. Which are Rights granted to all people regardless of race, religion or gender. Don't give them up lightly...
I was on my way to school last thursday, and I stoped at a Chevron to fill up. After, I turned the key on my car to start it and nothing... It didn't turn over... I still had the radio tho... which I thought was interesting however, this didn't come completly by supprise. Oh no... I should know better I know... when theres problems get them fixed don't delay. I delayed... I knew it probably was the alternator, but the battery probably needs to be changed too. Anyway, I called Elissa to come jump me so I could get it home atleast. After turning in my two papers for school, we jumped my car and I drove it straight to AutoZone. They put a tester on it and said the alternator wasn't putting out anything. Figures, the year or so I ran my sub on it probably did it in. My lights would dim occasionally, so I knew it was comming just never got around to changing it.
Anyway, I picked up the alternator and went over to my parents to get it changed out. Looking at it it didn't look like it was going to be all that bad to change (which was the reason I considered it in the first place). However, the bottom bolt on the alternator did not want to be loosened... the nut wouldn't budge... I worked on it for probably atleast two hours... Untill I had rounded it off. Then I was done for the night. I started again friday night at 9:00PM because it was over 100 degrees that day, and I hate working in the heat. I brought my air compressor and used a cutting wheel to cut off the nut. Suprisingly enough the bolt slid right out after I completly removed the nut... Not sure why the nut wouldn't come off because it wasn't rusted and I tried turning it both ways (which seemed illogical... it should have spun off to the left like everything else does...) *shrug* don't know if it might had gotten some kinda charge from the alternator and fused to the bolt or what... either way it didn't matter at this point. Once I got the bolt out, pulling the alternator out proved to be a little more difficult than I would have liked. I ended up having to remove the power steering line from the pump. This translated into loosing the whole overflow... Pulling it out and putting in the new one was fairly simple after that.
I finished up around 1am saturday morning and started up my car to admire my handy work. Only to have it screetching at me... It was my power steering pump... it didn't like how low it was on oil. So I ended up leaving it again for the rest of the night, and comming back later that morning with honda power steering fluid.
After adding it, it worked like a champ... It was even idling alot better than it has for a while. Never knew its idling poorly would have been caused by a bad alternator.... live and learn I guess :)
Theres posts all over, but I was reading it on Groklaw and they voted NO!! This is awesome... not the end of a three year battle but, definatly a big step in the *right* direction. The vote was 648 to 14 to throw out the proposed law.
PJ noted her favorite quote from none other than Steve Ballmer:
"There is important innovation coming out of the software industry,'' Steve Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, said in Paris today before the parliament vote. "We think that innovation needs to be protected.''
Which PJ finnishes up with:
I will translate for you. I take that to mean: they would like to be protected from innovation by others.
And I must say I agree. Man I really think he's retarded... don't they have enough money? I mean they haven't "innovated" in years... which some of you might disagree with, but really, everything that could be somewhat considered innovation that came out of redmond, didn't actually come from there... they purchased and prossibly stole it from others.
Props to the European Union! Thanks for giving me some hope.
In the wake of more than 5 anti-trust suits, the new one on the block is Go. They are claiming that Microsoft threatened Intel(which had invesed in Go), and coerce Compaq, Fujitsu, Toshiba and other computer makers not to use Go's operating system. Given MS's history, I don't think its that far of a stretch. They've been paying out millions in anti-trust settlements as of late, to the tune of atleast 3 billion. I understand their place in the computer industry, unfortunatly its not where they are currently. I guess it goes without saying that I'm an open source advocate, however that does not mean I think linux should take MS's place, nor do I think Linux will completly erradicate Windows in all markets. I do think however, that Linux will take the business sector. Why? MS is killing themselves in this market. I think the more applications they buy and package as their own, the more they eliminate what got them where they are in the first place. They're transitiong to a point where, your either going to have to be all Microsoft or everyone else. Which I don't think alot of companies are going to like. And they will choose "everyone else". More and more companies aren't liking vendor lock in. Why? because vendors abuse it, they take it for granted and then have the nerve to charge you out of this world prices for their lack of responding to your companies needs, and then act offended when you tell them your thinking of going to other vendors and/or products. I find it somewhat amusing that these vendors don't seem to get the transitions that are happening. The IT market is changing, but they're trying to play the aged old game they've been able to play since IT began. Its not going to work, if they don't adapt they'll suffer a slow and painful death... Just look at SCO. They've excellerated the process by attacking it when they don't fully understand it, and they've meet their end. They'll be out of customers long before they get their trial. Thats still assuming they can make it that far.
The IT market is changing, IBM seems to get it, as does Novell. SCO doesn't... which are you?
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
- Denis Watley
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