Sorry to say (or maybe not) but Microsoft and Apple (mostly Microsoft, of course) have between them ruined the computer industry and all its initial promise. They have turned it into something for profit, and profit only, while more and more blatantly screwing the consumer, whose ignorance in this matter Read more…
You know those annoying FBI Warnings(1) that show up at the start of every movie on VHS or DVD? (Maybe even on streaming? I wouldn’t know — I don’t “stream”) Besides being insulting with the implied assumption that without this warning I would just steal all of their property(2) [as Read more…
So I was speaking with a friend a night or eight ago and we were talking about how often legislation backfires on the legislators and especially on Society, how such legislation often causes the very problem(s) it was meant to prevent, and I heard my self say: You can’t legislate Read more…
So I’m looking at medium business printers (aka, enterprise equipment) for some nefarious purpose of my own, and a friend of mine starts getting ads on her laptop for … guess what? … medium business printers. Just to be clear, she was never looking at those. We do have some Read more…
Here’s the solution to all identity discrimination — the only solution that will ever actually work — but you won’t like it. Identity discrimination: that is gender issues, shading of skin issues, slant of eye issues, length of hair, “class” elitism, political affiliation, spoken language and accent issues… all identity Read more…
The mainstream belief about petroleum(1) is that it is the leavings from the previous cycle of life on this planet(2), that a massive meteor impact (3) or some such thing approximately 65 million years ago exterminated all life larger than a mole, and some how all that biological material found Read more…
When I first encountered Robert Heinlein’s attitude toward manners, I thought he was just a little bit over the top. The older I get — and the ruder our culture gets — the more I realize just how right he was. And he saw it that clearly over 60 years Read more…
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slow… It just dawned on me that Elon Musk’s objection and attempt to back out of buying Twitter (which he has just rescinded of, by the way) was not because Twitter maintains Fake Accounts, but because they under counted the number of Fake Accounts.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…
EULA: end user license agreement. You know: that annoying thing you have to agree to after you have purchased what ever it is? A computer. A piece of software, etc. End User License… But you already purchased it! That’s an implied contract. You already have the right to use what ever Read more…
The Senate voted down a bill that would have put a price cap on insulin. Specifically the Republican party-line blocked the bill. Insulin, of course, is the primary treatment for all forms of diabetes, which, due to the nature of the standard food supply, is among the leading health disorders Read more…
I’ll keep this short. “Important security updates” and all they can tell you is “something went wrong”? Are you kidding me? Ah, but! Here’s the good news: there’s really no chance of Microsoft ever inventing Artificial Intelligence, is there? Not when this is the best they can do! I’m a 45 Read more…
Here’s a question to ponder. Hopefully deeply. Would you want Fox News(1) judging your life? Your private life, versus your professional (i.e., day job) life? I wouldn’t. There’s quite a bit there that could easily be taken out of context and turned into “scandal.” I’ll bet real money there’s such Read more…
Please don’t pretend for one instant to be surprised or amazed by the weather this summer. I and a million other voices have been shouting it for over 50 years. Charts, graphs and rigorous logic have all been rigorously ignored. 50 years ago this could have been easily avoided. Fixing Read more…