Dr Wingnut

Year: 2005

  • Mistakes

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    I love being able to say, “I was wrong,” or “I made a mistake,” and not feel like it’s the end of the world.Carol C.

  • And the problem is?

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    To recap: Making it possible for consumers to illegally swap music is very bad.  Making it possible for hackers to illegally hijack your computer, however, is just an average day in the record business.Robert X. Cringley column in Infoworld, 14 November 2005Thanks Sony!

  • Anger

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    Getting angry can sometimes be like leaping into a wonderfully responsive sports car, gunning the motor, taking off at high speed and then discovering the brakes are out of order.Maggie Scarf

  • The Bathtub test

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    It doesn’t hurt to take a hard look at yourself from time to time, and this should help get you started.  During a visit to the lunatic asylum, a visitor asked the Director what the criterion was which defined whether or not a patient should be institutionalized.“Well,” said the Director, “we fill up a bathtub,…

  • OS X on E10000

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    Can you imagine what a great PC you could have if Apple were to partner with Sun and ported OS X to run on the SPARC chip and you had an E10000 at your disposal?  WOW!Give Apple’s predilection with not being locked into a single chip architecture, I wouldn’t be suprised if this has happened…

  • Love

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    Love, and love alone, is capable of giving thee a happier life.Ludwig van Beethoven

  • Cell phone use makes driving dangerous!

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    Pilot fish takes this Friday off for a backpacking trip with a friend in Texas hill country.  At least he’s supposed to have the day off.“At breakfast I get a call on my cell,” fish says.  “The server has gone down and I’m the only sysadmin.  I spend about 15 minutes talking to them as…