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The big lie

Just watched obama swear to “…preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States…”

#Obamacare #GunControl

I just ditched Linux Mint

I’ve been using Mint for a couple of years now.  The latest (and last) distro I’ve been using is Mint Debian edition with XFCE.  The Mint distros I’ve tried are pretty decent, no major issues with Mint itself.  What I have an issue with is Mint’s main project developer, Clement Lefebvre.  In 2009 he made his opinion of Israel known on Mint’s Blog site.  He later took the post down and put it on his own blog site and apologized for using the wrong forum to post his views.

From his post:  ” This is not the place to talk about this but I am deeply touched by what is happening over there. I feel disgust and guilt with us passively witnessing it and our money and weapons supporting it. I don’t want to use my name or this project to push my own ideas about this but I spend a lot of time working and giving away, sharing and receiving to and from a lot of people.
I’m only going to ask for one thing here. If you do not agree I kindly ask you not to use Linux Mint and not to donate money to it….”    

Why I am just now deciding to ditch Mint?  Because believe it or not, I just heard of this last week, and I disagree with his views entirely.  Clem has every right to his views, as does everyone else.  He has made his wishes known, and I will respect those wishes.

Goodbye Mint

I have Debian Wheezy  installed and running fine now

http://jimlynch.com/2009/05/11/the-great-linux-mint-political-train-wreck/

So called compromise avoids the fiscal cliff

This does nothing except possibly kick the can down the road a bit farther.
First this deal is only an agreement between the parties leaders.  It still needs to be approved by the senate and the house.  If it’s passed it is only a stopgap measure that does nothing to address our true financial problems in this country.

Translating my Wife’s Statement

Kathy KKBspace tells me this morning, “You can take my car today.”
Found out this meant “My car is on empty, go fill it up.”

I’ve seen many posts (here & on my main stream) regarding posts being made to public communities going to a users public profiles.  I tend to agree,  Since the people you know and circle have different interests than you they not wish to see these posts (and you may not want them to see them either).  People also would like the ability to cross post to their circles and other related communities.

It seems to me this could be accomplished if communities were treated as an aggregate circle of all community members. Would that be a viable solution?

Google Communities

I think I’ll like this…  Kinda like NNTP on steroids!

Save the Coffee

I’ve not been on the Climate Change bandwagon.  Has the global temperatures been rising, yes.  Have they risen in the past, yes.  Global temperatures have been higher, even before the beginning of the industrial revolution.

That doesn’t mean my position can’t be swayed.  I just seen that a new study shows that global warming might wipe out my coffee.  Reading the story changed my mind in a hurry, now I’m all about stopping global warming.

My 3 step approach would reverse this trend quickly:
1)  We must start with permanent worldwide bans on all commercial industry and the use of all fossil fuels.
2)  Since all animals emit CO2 we must also annihilate all animal species, including humans.
3)  These must be a zero tolerance global initiatives, after the last human squashes the last cockroach he must promise to jump off a cliff.

Problem solved, the earth is saved and so is the coffee.  Too bad no one will be around to enjoy it. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/agriculture/9661559/Coffee-threatened-by-climate-change.html

What web browser do you use?

http://benjaminkerensa.com/2012/11/12/learn-how-to-speed-up-page-loading-in-firefox

Any reason that many perishable foods have a longer shelf life than an HP ink cartridge

I’ve championed HP printers for quite some time.  The last two I’ve owned I’ve not been so impressed with.  The one I still have uses their 02 cartridge.  Not too long ago, I changed the cartridge, it’s still has plenty of ink, but I have to walk across the room to hit the OK button every time I print something because it keeps saying the cartridge has expired.

My printer (C6280) frequently has a paper jam on the first page of a print job if it has been sitting idle for any length of time.

I’ve also noticed (over the last couple printers) that their drivers have become overly bloated and extremely buggy.

I’m done complaining now, but I do hope HP doesn’t expect to see more of their revenue coming from my wallet.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&docname=c01764161

Obama, you did it again.  Now who’s to blame

During an interview with “60 Minutes” you said, “When I came into office, I inherited the biggest deficit in our history.”  True, it was 459 Billion.  Today you just won the election, and managed to pass on to yourself a 1.1 Trillion dollar deficit.

What will you pass on to the next administration?  What will you pass on to our children and grandchildren?

http://www.cbsnews.com/2102-18560_162-57518495.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody