I won’t go into any long spiel this time. Let me just give you the short version, the simple analysis of why I say Bitlocker(1) is bad. If you lose the key, even you can not erase your own data. Oh sure… plenty of articles on the Internet about how Read more
I must be a little slow… It just dawned on me that Elon Musk’s objection and attempt to back out of buying Twitter (which he has just rescinded of, by the way) was not because Twitter maintains Fake Accounts, but because they under counted the number of Fake Accounts. That Read more
Disturbing piece of news today, about the Women’s Soccer League and sexual abuse and misconduct. Apparently (and all too believably) women professional soccer players have been systematically abused sexually by coaches, et al. In the past charges were raised and generally dismissed. Dismissed… The news article refers to it as Read more
I just had a (retired) Lawyer agree with me on two statements: First, 90% of all Lawyers exist only to protect us from that same 90% of all Lawyers, and Second, the Profession (so-called) of “Lawyer” is almost entirely parasitic(1). He went one step further and agreed with Shakespeare’s opinion Read more
I use an adblocker… ever since I found out that they actually work. (Imagine my surprise! — But what a Major Joy!!) Some times, though, I go to certain websites and they say “please turn off your ad blocker — this is how we make money.” I leave the site Read more
Some times people come to me and ask if Climate Change is real. Or, thinking me an informed and intelligent person(1) expect me to reinforce their (possibly Fox-News-inspired) idea that climate change is just a conspiracy by some one (mysterious or not) for some purpose (nefarious or not). Or… what Read more
Just a thing to ponder… Subjects are controlled by their government (King, Council, Parliament, Proconsul, Congress, what ever) Citizens control their government. Dumb-funnies are those who (among other things) wonder aimlessly and planlessly into the capital building thinking, thereby, to take over the government. Or perhaps believe they will “start Read more
You know the difference between a Pirate and a Privateer? Not that we have privateers any more (sort of), though we do still have pirates. (Look it up, if you don’t know about this; pirates still operate and they are neither romantic nor fun, nor do they have even a Read more