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Tasteless, Disrespectful, Worse

Posted in October 31st, 2004
Published in General

What happened to the idea of being a decent person? What happened to the notion of having respect for others and for being honest in an assessment? Is there such thing as a valid reason for someone to act with so much contempt, so much hate that just saying and doing anything is ok? I [...]

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Happy Halloween

Posted in October 31st, 2004
Published in General

Lest I forget,
Happy Halloween!
And the personal reminder that I may rant about in the near future: make sure you set your clock back an hour!
~Jaker
PS–I forgot to wish the Internet a Happy 35th Birthday on the 29th. Happy Belated 35th Birthday Internet!
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Issues in Question

Posted in October 31st, 2004
Published in General

After sending a link to my blog, our unnamed recipient sent me another email as follows:
Of course they aren’t going to admit to having a draft when reelected because that is suicide. And what about your whole Bin Ladan thing, you just said he was in charge of the World Trade attack. Duh! No one [...]

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Weapons of Mass Destruction

Posted in October 30th, 2004
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I sent a link of my blog to the unnamed person who originally sent me that email that prompted my post yesterday. This person then sent me an email back with the following:
here is my reply to your blog. You you so naive to
believe every word that comes out of Bush’s mouth is
true. We know [...]

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The Ultimate John Kerry Ad

Posted in October 29th, 2004
Published in General

No explanation necessary:
http://johnkerryads.websiteanimal.com
(Kudos to Sam for providing link).
~Jaker
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Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue / Why Democrats Hate Bush

Posted in October 29th, 2004
Published in General

Well, it looks as though our dear friends at the “Human Rights Campaign” have a flash movie out that someone absent-mindedly sent to me via email. The title of the flash was “Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue” and it basically was a 10 second flash showing a flying newspaper with the header “Bush wins by small [...]

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Murphy’s Real Laws

Posted in October 28th, 2004
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Murphy’s Real Laws
1. Everyone has a photographic memory. Some don’t have film.
2. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
3. A day without sunshine is like, well, night.
4. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
5. Back up my hard drive? How do I put it in reverse?
6. I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar [...]

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Meh?

Posted in October 27th, 2004
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(22:34:04) Q0Q0 Q0Q0: <536hp 1116e 148mv dying>
Arcs of energy spark between your fingers.
A warder captain sends you sprawling on the ground!
++ Your chain lightning casting is disrupted. ++
A warder captain’s swipe CRIPPLES your arm!
A warder captain’s smash CRIPPLES your body!
A warder captain’s punch SAVAGES your body!
A warder captain’s stomp SAVAGES your head!
A warder captain’s jab [...]

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emerge this

Posted in October 27th, 2004
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nebuchadnezzar root # emerge stevesmom
Calculating dependencies
emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy “stevesmom”.
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Linux is better than Windows because…

Posted in October 26th, 2004
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Linux is better than Windows because …
1. Linux screen blankers don’t turn your PC into a Microsoft ad.
2. It isn’t fair to say the Windows GUI is a poor copy of X-windows. Actually it’s a poor copy of the Mac.
3. Windows, being a commercial product, is so ridiculously insecure an undergraduate student in the Phillipines [...]

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