If somebody really, really wants to get you...
...they can:
wow.
Friday, July 15, 2011
How digital detectives deciphered Stuxnet, the most menacing malware in history
Somebody, please tell the president what bluffing is.
“Don’t call my bluff.”
-President Barack Obama, July 13, 2011
Would someone please tell Obama that if he going to bluff, he is not supposed to announce it?
What’s next?
Please don’t challenge my lie.
Why aren’t you taking my bait?
Why are you looking at me like I’m nuts?
Monday, June 27, 2011
A Great Day in the Annals of Cleaning Up the USA
Guilty on 17 counts.
Acquitted on 1.
Deadlocked on 2.
Thank you, Patrick Fitzgerald, for getting it right, this time.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Samuel Johnson
For at least a decade I have been thinking, I have simply GOT to read me some Samuel Johnson, seeing as how everybody thinks he's so durned smart.
Now that I've finished John Wain's bio of him and read Rambler no. 2 and no. 8, I realize what I have been missing.
If I were English, I would make it a point of pride to share Johnson with the world, and claim him as one of the greatest men who ever lived. As I am mostly Irish, German, and -- um -- mixed, I will content myself with saying that he is a damned fine read.
Now that I've finished John Wain's bio of him and read Rambler no. 2 and no. 8, I realize what I have been missing.
If I were English, I would make it a point of pride to share Johnson with the world, and claim him as one of the greatest men who ever lived. As I am mostly Irish, German, and -- um -- mixed, I will content myself with saying that he is a damned fine read.
Saturday, December 04, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Thursday, November 04, 2010
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Sunday, October 10, 2010
The New White House Standard: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
David Axelrod, the president's senior adviser, was asked Sunday by Bob Schieffer on "Face the Nation" on CBS if he had any evidence that the chamber was using secret foreign funds to influence the election.
"Well, do you have any evidence that it's not, Bob?" Mr. Axelrod replied.
Does anybody else think this is twisted?
"You say you're not a communist. Can you prove it?"
Good Lord.
President Pinocchio strikes again
Anybody who can read this without disgust for President Obama has truly lost his way.
-Wrecktafire
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Disgusting
First the Climategate emails.
Then the peer-reviewed expert report supporting the six-month drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico.
Now this:
Looks like a pattern, to me.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
How Washington is this?
http://www.politico.com/arena/perm/Seung_Min_Kim_C6204608-DD57-423F-BE18-85E94DAB2681.html
Things that make ya' say "ugh!"
Things that make ya' say "ugh!"
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
FW: [Launch Alert] Minuteman III Launched
Just in case you were worried that the gov't can't shoot straight, this news is reassuring:
The missile's single re-entry test vehicle traveled approximately 4,190
miles before hitting its pre-determined target near the Kwajalein Atoll in
the Marshall Islands.
-Nom De Plume
-----Original Message-----
From: launch-alert-bounces@mailman.qth.net [mailto:launch-alert-bounces@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brian Webb
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:04 AM
To: Launch Alert
Subject: [Launch Alert] Minuteman III Launched
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 16, 2010
Release No. 06-0510
VANDENBERG CONDUCTS MINUTEMAN III FLIGHT TEST
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A scheduled Minuteman III
intercontinental ballistic missile test was launched here at 3:01 a.m. June
16 from Launch Facility-10.
The flight test was the first for the 576th Flight Test Squadron since its
realignment under Air Force Global Strike Command.
The missile's single re-entry test vehicle traveled approximately 4,190
miles before hitting its pre-determined target near the Kwajalein Atoll in
the Marshall Islands.
"Team Vandenberg's coordination was phenomenal resulting in a seamless
launch operation," said Col. Steven Winters, the 30th Space Wing vice
commander and Launch Decision Authority.
MMIII missiles launched from Vandenberg carry sophisticated data collection
equipment, according to Col. Carl DeKemper, the 576th FLTS commander. ICBM
analysts, including the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy,
will use the data collected from this mission for continuing force
development evaluation.
"For more than 50 years, Vandenberg has been at the forefront of testing and
improving ICBMs to ensure the readiness and reliability of our fleet," said
Col. DeKemper. "Our team is dedicated to ensuring a safe, secure and
effective combat-ready ICBM force."
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Sunday, June 13, 2010
Just another lonely voice in the wilderness...
Mr. Black Swan Taleb says we're doomed.
I know I'm not a chicken, but we DO need the eggs!
http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/06/10/nissim-taleb-author-of-black-swan-predicts-trouble-ahead-for-w/
Engineering: Hazardous to Literary Sense?
After a couple of decades of doing software engineering, I realize that all that cool stuff I learned in AP English in the 70's is pretty much gone. You know, understatement, metaphor, synecdoche, and all that good stuff where you say less than you mean, or more than you mean, the opposite of what you mean, etc.
I no longer have any patience with anybody who is not saying exactly what they mean!
I no longer have any patience with anybody who is not saying exactly what they mean!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Heard in church this morning...
This morning, Mr. Gucci shoes was a government economist, but hey...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of the dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a Broni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked the shepherd... "If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your flock, will you give me one?" The shepherd looked at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looked at his peacefully grazing flock and calmly answered "sure".
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of the dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a Broni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked the shepherd... "If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your flock, will you give me one?" The shepherd looked at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looked at his peacefully grazing flock and calmly answered "sure".
The yuppie parked his car, whipped out his IBM ThinkPad and connected it to a cell phone, then he surfed to a NASA page on the internet where he called up a GPS satellite navigation system, scanned the area, and then opened up a database and an Excel spreadsheet with complex formulas. He sent an email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, received a response. Finally, he prints out a 130-page report on his miniaturized printer then turns to the shepherd and says, "You have exactly 1586 sheep. "That is correct; take one of the sheep." said the shepherd. He watches the young man select one of the animals and bundle it into his car.
Then the shepherd says: "If I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my animal?", "OK, why not." answered the young man. "Clearly, you are a consultant." said the shepherd. "That's correct." says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?" "No guessing required." answers the shepherd. "You turned up here although nobody called you. You want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked, and you don't know crap about my business...... Now give me back my dog."
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