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Thursday, July 16, 2009

a day in a life 2009.07.16

via @fractalnavel: in the last 24 hours:
  • 2009.07.16 17:46: @craigg75
    RT @RonPaulcom: Unanimous GOP Support for Paul’s Bill to Audit the Federal Reserve http://a2a.me/eFK
    d'ya think they would have supported this during dubya's term in office ? uh-huh. thought not. any such bill will be badly abused.
  • 2009.07.16 17:51: humorous: RT @craigg75 how can an audit be abused?
  • 2009.07.16 17:52: @craigg75
    @fractalnavel how can an audit be abused?
    seriously ? i guess you've never been in that situation personally or in a work context
  • 2009.07.16 17:58: make one little mistake: "I can guess what it is meant to be, but the omission doesn't inspire confidence. Has anyone tested this code?"
  • 2009.07.16 17:58: cvrap, tough audience.
  • 2009.07.16 18:04: @swadeshine
    @fractalnavel
    humorous: RT @craigg75 how can an audit be abused?
    IMO, the FED's need for an audit greatly outweighs any arguments to the contrary.
    agreed. but be ready for a lot of unnecessary nonsense. oh, what am i saying - this is politics ! ;-) & @craigg75
  • 2009.07.16 18:05: @craigg75
    @fractalnavel stay in context please if you want to discuss this.. don't generalize
    what ? audits don't cause trouble, even for the perfectly innocent ? how is that not relevant ?
  • 2009.07.16 18:07: audit: i guess i was aiming at the gop, & missed. hard to figure, with a target that size. sorry.
  • 2009.07.16 18:08: @craigg75
    @fractalnavel never mind.. you're insisting on making this into some meta issue instead of staying on topic and focused
    next you'll be telling me that i'm just using semantics ;-)
  • 2009.07.16 18:15: @craigg75
    @fractalnavel never mind.. you're insisting on making this into some meta issue instead of staying on topic and focused
    i just find it kinda amusing that it's me pushing a "hot button" for once. how often does that happen ? :-p
  • 2009.07.16 18:20: @swadeshine
    @fractalnavel
    @swadeshine
    @fractalnavel
    humorous: RT @craigg75 how can an audit be abused?
    IMO, the FED's need for an audit greatly outweighs any arguments to the contrary.
    agreed. but be ready for a lot of unnecessary nonsense. oh, what am i saying - this is politics ! ;-) & @craigg75
    I think whoever decided to turn this into a partisan issue is the unnecessary nonsense. Ex-Enron PR "wizard' the FED hired?
    the partisans have been looking for any excuse to be partisan; never any "innocents" in that crowd. but regrdless, it's time
  • 2009.07.16 18:21: audit: pretty much a "not on my watch thing". kinda like social security. maybe this administration has the cojones for it, come what may
  • 2009.07.16 18:25: @craigg75
    @fractalnavel never mind.. you're insisting on making this into some meta issue instead of staying on topic and focused
    more seriously, the unique thing i bring to most conversations is a reframing of the question. sometimes i miss, sometimes not.
  • 2009.07.16 18:41: @swadeshine
    most likely not the veil-lifting act itself, but those who may wish to retaliate for such action.
  • 2009.07.16 18:48: audit: unfortunately, this is probably not going to work out as well as "a few good men". we may well wish we had our col. jessep's back.
  • 2009.07.16 18:49: @swadeshine
    Q: If Audit the Fed (HR 1207) passes with enough votes to override presidential veto, could it be stopped on the grounds of Nat. Security?
    that's what i'm thinking...
  • 2009.07.16 18:51: @craigg75
    original moon landing vid tapes got erased http://bit.ly/2DXGJO
    eh, whatever. we're about to erase our entire maninspace program anyway. may as well do the retroactive bit too. bastards.
  • 2009.07.16 19:33: "You can now sign up for a Windows Azure account" - not too bad, only a day.
  • 2009.07.16 19:36: @craigg75
    QOTD: Why does Russia insist on holding on to Chechnya?
    question: how do you feel about the secession of one or more of the states ? why did canada fight (politically) to keep quebec ?
  • 2009.07.16 19:46: @swadeshine
    Wondering: Does the Earth ever wind up in approx. the same place after completing it's yearly orbit of the sun? If so, how often?
    positions: http://bit.ly/uc5PQ neglecting interstellar & larger contexts, of course
  • 2009.07.16 19:47: @craigg75
    much like South Carolina is to us :P
    that one in particular created quite a fuss a few generations ago
  • 2009.07.16 19:57: @swadeshine
    Thanks for all the great responses & links. Looks like @astrowebgirl nailed it w/ 200-250 mil years; when the Sun might be in the same place
    thing is, galaxies move too - in the largest context, the answer to your question is "never". like with lightning.
  • 2009.07.16 19:59: @craigg75
    @fractalnavel ever seriously question the civil war? did it really need to be fought?
    that's the thing: "need" ? so many contexts. ends up being value driven. as we know, that's an ephemeral concept at best.
  • 2009.07.16 20:14: @craigg75 yup. revisionism can be a bitch. but temporal context is not the only relevant one. give me a context, i'll give you an answer.
  • 2009.07.16 20:16: there are "absolutes". but like any good fundaments, they keep themselves well hidden.
  • 2009.07.16 20:27: @craigg75
    don't use the new firebug (1.4), broken as hell
    oh, f*ck - yeah, there have been signs...
  • 2009.07.16 20:28: @craigg75
    don't use the new firebug (1.4), broken as hell
    y'know, i don't even think i've fired up ff3.5 since i installed it a couple/few weeks back - how long has it been ?
  • 2009.07.16 20:30: some moron was hammerin' away at the same download earlier today. like, whatever - thanks for jackin' with everyone's bandwidth, asshole.
  • 2009.07.16 20:31: no real effect though. you'd have to go at this gae shit hard to make a dent.
  • 2009.07.16 20:32: @craigg75
    @fractalnavel
    @craigg75
    don't use the new firebug (1.4), broken as hell
    y'know, i don't even think i've fired up ff3.5 since i installed it a couple/few weeks back - how long has it been ?
    waiting on the plugins to catchup with ff3.5.. takes a month or two
    kinda makes one wonder - aren't the plug-in devs in on pre-release shit ?
  • 2009.07.16 20:43: @craigg75
    where's @klaatu? it's about that time of day for his shopping bot to hit twitter
    he's been conspicuously absent on a few occasions recently. no news, eh ?
  • 2009.07.16 20:47: from google io 2009 - "The Myth of the Genius Programmer" (video, 1 hr) http://u.nu/97ak : something to consider
  • 2009.07.16 20:47: @craigg75
    @fractalnavel been emailing him so I know he's around, just not much to say I guess
    yeah, right - that'll be the day ;-)
  • 2009.07.16 21:21: cvrap - awstats doesn't recognize "bing". well, ok - who in their right mind would ?
  • 2009.07.16 23:22: @craigg75
    @fractalnavel electricity off at home. back on at 9:00 pm
    thx for the heads up
  • 2009.07.17 00:45: where's the "no fuzzy animals, please" setting for bing ?
  • 2009.07.17 01:01: honesty: this no tv business is getting to be a bit of a drag. guess the addiction needs more time to wear off.
  • 2009.07.17 03:10: @jdhunt
    Maybe I'm getting used to less sleep, but I haven't been as tired this week as I had been.
    yup, it's a training thing. it will server you well later, if you can hold onto it.
  • 2009.07.17 03:12: geez, apparently i naively went & solved a problem all on my own. turns out there are teams of people still thrashing away on it.
  • 2009.07.17 03:12: & in multiple ways, as well. i guess i wasn't payng attention when people were saying how difficult it was. NOT.
  • 2009.07.17 03:14: do people inflate their problems sometimes so that they can be even prouder when they eventually overcome them ?
  • 2009.07.17 03:39: @jdhunt
    Damn, I mention that I HAVE ALREADY PAID for another year of hosting, and the bots start sending me URL's for a new host. Down, bot, down!
    don't say b o t either ;-)
  • 2009.07.17 03:40: @jdhunt
    @fractalnavel
    @jdhunt
    Maybe I'm getting used to less sleep, but I haven't been as tired this week as I had been.
    yup, it's a training thing. it will server you well later, if you can hold onto it.
    Getting up in the middle of the night is not something I plan on staying used to. Have to break the dog of that habit too.
    oh - i thought you meant shorter contiguous sleep. yeah, big difference there. i bet your dog is loving this, though ;-)
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