Dr Wingnut

Category: Computer

  • Getting the most from your IT department

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    When you call us to have your computer moved, be sure to leave it buried under half a ton of postcards, baby pictures, stuffed animals, dried flowers, bowling trophies and children’s art.  We don’t have a life, and we find it deeply moving to catch a fleeting glimpse of yours.Don’t write anything down.  Ever.  We…

  • Wrong Solution

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    Advertisement from PCWeek, Page E/1, June 5, 1995

  • I have a dream

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    Because the outcry would have been too great, IBM decided to use Mohammed Ali as the new spokesperson for Linux, instead of Dr. Martin Luther King.  Dr. King would have been a better choice; but unfortunately he is dead and can’t be a mouthpiece for Big Blue.  I thought that the single airing of the…

  • Blue Linux

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    Windows XP should sell for $29 not $299.  This is why [IBM Blue] Linux has to be put on the fast track.  Users cannot pay never-ending forced tributes to Microsoft as if it were the Roman Empire and we its slaves.IBM’s Blue Linux on the Desktop by John C. DvorakYea John!

  • Code Monkeys!

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    Well, its finally happened.  Someone has decided that even the cost of offshore development is too expensive.  Check Primate Programming(tm) Inc. for additional information.  You’ll be glad you did.What a great way to get people interested in your consulting firm; as long as the potential client has a sense of humor.

  • Design Fragility

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    Complexity breeds fragiligy Fragility breeds suprises Surprises are bad Bob Colwell, IEEE Spectrum January 2004

  • Weirdness with .htaccess

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    I started to make Dr. Wingnut more accessible last night by adding an error page to handle missing page requests, etcetera.  As part of that process I created the .htaccess file with the following content:ErrorDocument 400 /error.phpErrorDocument 403 /error.phpErrorDocument 404 /error.phpErrorDocument 500 /error.phpThe error.php file builds a response formatted with the same structure as the…