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22 years of years in computer systems engineering and operation…Posted by Synfinatic on March 25, 2006 at 9:57 am in It's Funny.Apparently doesn’t mean a whole lot! This is a great little example of how no good deed goes unpunished. Thanks to Linux Weekly News for that link.
Working hard for your dollarPosted by Synfinatic on March 20, 2006 at 9:34 pm in Politics.According to this report on USA Today, members of the House of Representitives worked for a total of 47 hours in Janurary and February of this year. As of March 17, the House was in session for just 19 days. At this rate and with plenty of more vacations planned, they’ll only have worked 97 days this year- far fewer then the 141 worked last year. Lawmakers will make $165,200 this year. Leaders earn more. Would your boss put up with that?
Patently MadPosted by Synfinatic on March 19, 2006 at 11:21 am in Geek Law, Rant.Michael Crichton wrote a great opt-ed piece for the New York Times called, This Essay Breaks the Law. It’s a great two pager on how the patent system in the US has gone to hell and how it will effect not just large corporations, but you and your family. Btw, don’t read this next sentance, because just merely thinking it is illegal: Elevated homocysteine is linked to B-12 deficiency, so doctors should test homocysteine levels to see whether the patient needs vitamins.
Dad! Tom Cruise won’t come out of the closet!Posted by Synfinatic on March 18, 2006 at 4:52 pm in It's Funny, Rant.So let me get this straight… it’s ok for South Park (one of my favorite shows on TV) to make fun of Christians, Jews, Muslims and Mormons, but when they make fun of Scientology (which is more cult then religion) all of a sudden Comedy Central pulls re-airing the episode because of religious insensitivity and the voice of Chef, Issac Hayes, (who is a Scientologist) quits (oddly though, not in protest of the original airing months ago, but in the re-airing). I thought Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s response was well thought out and to the point: “So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun! Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop …
RIAA puts profits over livesPosted by Synfinatic on March 9, 2006 at 9:26 am in Geek Law, Security.I dunno, I should be shocked (shocked I say!), but I’m not… Every so often, the US Copyright Office takes comments regarding the DMCA (the law which makes it a crime to use products you paid for in ways other then the creator intended). Most recently, Sony-BMG (a member of the RIAA) added DRM technology to music CD’s (actually, technically, they’re not a real music CD because of the DRM, hence they don’t carry the CD logo) which ended up creating a security hole on people’s computers. This security hole was then abused by other people (criminals to be precise) to break into those computers. In response, people like Ed Felton requested the the USCO grant an exception to the …
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