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Hypothetically, say you build a web page as a quick one-off. When you look at it and test it every which way, it works just fine. When others look at it, many of them tell you it doesn’t work completely and even tell you specifically what is broken and why.

Do you:
a. Believe that 5 different people getting the same result are a statistically valid sample and change your page to be bulletproof, or
b. Assume that since you can see it, everyone else is a fucking moron and begin to insult them for trying to help you fix your page.

Just thinking. Hypothetically.

Gourmet Cat Food is remarkably similar to MREs.

On occasion, as I have spent so many years in association with the military, I encounter people whose names make them obvious focii of humor. For example, there was the soldier with the last name of Sargent, who would one day become Sergeant Sargent (assuming he stuck around long enough). I met an Army O-3 named Minor – that’s Major Minor.

Today, as I was leaving work, there was a saucy little blonde Navy woman in front of me. As she was wearing that silly Naval uniform with the family name stitched above the rear pocket, I was amused to note that her last name is Creamer. Yes, that would be Seaman Creamer. That’s not quite as bad as the (possibly apocryphal) Seaman Swallow that I’ve heard about, but still a very unfortunate name for a junior Naval person to have.

Stolen from PartyWhipple, who stole it from Janke…
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Gotta love this particular juxtaposition on the CNN page today:

Watch out for those electronic devices, now!

Another great example of the Transportation Security Agency being a bunch of ill-trained idiots. A teenager had a note in his luggage which caused him to be charged with making a threat endangering the safety of airline travel. A note, folks.

So he’s 17 and writes a note, which he keeps in his checked bag, saying basically, “Keep out of my bag and go find bombs where they might actually be.” Oooh! He said “bomb” – he’s a terrorist!

Gotta love Sinfest. Gettin’ his wand on…hehe
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# What time do you wake up on weekday mornings? 5:30
# Do you sleep in on the weekends? How late? If the boy lets me, maybe 8:00.
# Aside from waking up, what is the first thing you do in the morning? Pee.
# How long does it take to get ready for your day? About 15 minutes.
# When possible, what is your favorite place to go for breakfast? IHOP rules.

Watched 2001 again tonight, for the first time in years. Honestly, I think it’s the first time I’ve watched it since 2010 came to the theaters about 15 years ago.

With a runtime of 156 minutes, there can’t be more than 300 words of speech in the whole thing. It’s amazing how much Kubrick implied and indicated and left off-screen. I can’t help but think there’s no way in hell Hollywood would greenlight this movie today.

Not many people wan to see this, but it’s sure unique.

Update: Since that site was listed on Dave Barry’s Blog today, it has been nuked from the web. I’m sure you’ll be thrilled to know that I’ve archived the images (okay, I looked in my cache for them). For your further edification:
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The Price of ‘Man’ and ‘Woman’: A Hedonic Pricing Model of Avatar Attributes in a Synthethic World

This is a working paper for the CSU Fullerton Economics Department, detailing how pricing for avatars traded to use in EverQuest varies by gender. Too much time on his hands, maybe?

A Reuters story, Marriott Giving Free Web, Though Not at Top Hotels, says Marriott is planning to give away WiFi access in their mid-range hotels, but still charge extra for it in the expensive hotels. This reminds me of the strangeness in telecom I noticed while traveling on business the past few years.
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According to ABC News, the TSA is planning to reduce the number of Air Marshals on flights, in order to save money.

According to CNN, though, that’s not true at all. I wonder if it was true until someone leaked it to the press and then it became untrue. wink wink
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Employers are handing out the smallest raises since the mid-70s. I’m sure that is no indication of any economic trouble we’re in as a country, though.

White Teacher Should Not Teach Black History

Quote from the article: “The message is that we are not concerned about the importance of your historical background.”

No, the message is that we are more concerned with not offending people with astoundingly thin skins (of whatever color) than we are of informing the students of historical events.

Lysa mentioned smilies, so here are smilies.

:angry

:biggrin and stuff

One source I’m using to help me focus my writing says there should be 24 scenes in a normal length story. I’ve got 60, is that enough?

Now to actually organize my thoughts and write more than just the two scenes I’ve got semi-completed…

The return of The Friday Five, after a long bout of lameness…

1. If your life were a movie, what would the title be? I’m Not Old, Dammit!
2. What songs would be on the soundtrack? A lot of 80s schlock and modern techno-esque stuff
3. Would it be a live-action film or animated? Why? Live-action, because I’m not a cartoon
4. Casting: Who would play you, members of your family, friends, etc? I’m gonna have to go with Keanu Reeves, just because I can’t imagine a less expressive actor and it amuses me. Family? Friends? Don’t make me think too hard.
5. Describe the movie preview/trailer. Lots of hyperactive colors, cut-scenes of speeding cars and random flashes of military bases and three-legged dogs.

I modified my Movable Type setup to add category icons to my posts. I’m all Slashdot-looking and stuff now.

You’re a Cardassian! Intelligent and devious,
you’re a bit of an enigma to those around you
and scientific to the core.

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