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 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 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 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, 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” 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 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 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. 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slow… It just dawned on me that Elon Musk’s objection and attempt to back out of buying Twitter (which he has just rescinded of, by the way) was not because Twitter maintains Fake Accounts, but Read more…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 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). 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 — 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. Read more…