Saturday, November 15th, 2003
I came across a great piece about computer security today, thanks to the rss client I set up a few days ago. Most notably, how Microsoft’s approach to personal computer security is completely pointless. Recommended: http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/11/13/1938257
On a sidenote, rss is great, I’m loving it. No more checking various outlets for stories, now I got it all in one place. Get Liferea for Linux or FeedDemon for Windows.
Wednesday, November 12th, 2003
Har du noen gang fått et brev som faktisk er feiladressert men som du antar er til deg? De siste ti årene har jeg mottatt uttalige forslag til å forbedre stavelsen av navnet mitt. Da er det like greit å kalle det det det er, nemlig mobbing. Mobbing som alle skattebetalere er med på å holde ved livet. Det er vanligvis de statlige institusjoner som gjør de største tabbene, det er ikke måte på hvor kreativ man har lov til å være. Jeg syns det er rimelig å spørre seg: hvor mye hjernekapasitet trengs det til å taste inn 8 bokstaver etter hverandre uten å gjøre en tabbe? Den slags statlig mobbing burde ikke være akseptert, jeg kan foreslå en bonus til alle ansatte hvis korrespondanse ikke har mottatt en eneste klage i løpet av et år. Det ville i så fall oppmuntre folk til å gjøre en god jobb! (more…)
Sunday, November 9th, 2003
I will say that the “Matrix Revolutions” was better than “Reloaded”, and it was sufficient to merit positive reactions. At the same time, it was greatly disappointing, seeing as it is the conclusion to a trilogy. Too many questions have been asked that were never answered. The purpose of “Reloaded” seemed to me to broaden the subject and ask questions that were not previously anticipated, perhaps to open our eyes and seek answers we did not think we wanted. As such, I anticipated “Revolutions” to provide those answers, perhaps not in full, but sufficiently to satisfy our wonderings.
In fact what was done, was quite in line with what we saw in the first two episodes. The Matrix world was furthermore opened to us, we were afforded a peek at the machines world and their devices. Zion was also presented further, its defensive measures and strategies. But here the praise ends. We did not learn of Neo’s fate, he was as I recall (and do please correct me if I’m wrong) battling with the machines somewhere in the real world, he had accomplished the task of stopping them on his own with his super powers. At the same time, he was exhausted and doing quite badly. Here I feel the link from “Reloaded” was cut abruptly. (more…)
Saturday, November 1st, 2003
Am I the only one who doesn’t get vegetarians? What’s so blessed about not eating meat anyway? I mean it’s not like the human race would even survive on this planet without consuming animal flesh, it’s just how it works. When asked about their motivation, vegetarians will usually say they don’t eat meat because they love animals so much. They feel some sort of closeness towards the animals and hence they argue it is wrong to kill them. Well that’s good and well but why animals exactly? Aren’t plants living creatures? Wouldn’t they prefer to live rather than being chopped down for vegetarians to savagely consume? I mean it’s murder either way, what’s the difference which one you choose? What I wanna know is who’s sticking up for the plants?! (more…)
