I've just loaded an old machine up with the latest (beta) version of Ubuntu Linux and its not bad. Still a bit too geekish, but past the awkward teen period that made me dump it the last few tries.
If Ubuntu or any other Linux wants to own the desktop - and its ripe for the taking - then they need to focus the next release on useability and recoverabilty. While the forums have many people willing to answer your every problem, the OS still relies far to much on the user community for support.
Make the system auto-repair itself and never, ever fail to the point of having to understand the intricacies of Linux to resolve the problem and you will own the desktop. Make it like MAC's OS X so that users can load and go and not have to think about the OS and you will win.
But its probably too late for that. Linux is no longer an OS - its a religion. And Geeks don't really want to win the desktop, they want to show everyone why they need to be a geek or need geeks to live.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Charlton Heston Dead At 83
Do you think I'll need a crowbar to pry the gun from his cool dead hands now?
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Time by Pink Floyd from Dark Side of the Moon
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine
Staying home to watch the rain
And you are young and life is long
And there is time to kill today
And then one day you find
Ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun
And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter
Never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to nought
Or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone
The song is over
Thought I'd something more to say
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine
Staying home to watch the rain
And you are young and life is long
And there is time to kill today
And then one day you find
Ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun
And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter
Never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to nought
Or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone
The song is over
Thought I'd something more to say
3rd graders form plan to kill teacher - the good news
No, I'm not going to blame this on bush's leadership in the field of torture, or the media, or the fact that it happened in Florida, a place that is giving California a run for leader in the crazy things category. I'm not going to worry about the blame - the idiot talking heads have that angle well covered.
I'm impressed by this.
Three 3rd graders formed a detailed, actionable plan, complete with roles, responsibilities, and risk management contingencies. And the leader was a girl, getting another girl and a boy to join in.
I've worked with mid-level managers who lack the planning skills that these kids demonstrated. If they can rehab the little psychopaths into business leaders, they have a future in investment banking.
If not, put them in charge of the war. At least they will have a plan.
I'm impressed by this.
Three 3rd graders formed a detailed, actionable plan, complete with roles, responsibilities, and risk management contingencies. And the leader was a girl, getting another girl and a boy to join in.
I've worked with mid-level managers who lack the planning skills that these kids demonstrated. If they can rehab the little psychopaths into business leaders, they have a future in investment banking.
If not, put them in charge of the war. At least they will have a plan.
Mounting Evidence that Bush is a war criminal
Evidence is mounting that our president is a war criminal. Countdown with Keith Olbermann reports that another damning memo from a special counsel has surfaced with details that are remarkably similar to the torture that this administration pinned on a bunch of low ranking soldiers.
War Crimes. Like those that the Nazi's were convicted of. By an American President.
Convicted or not, impeached or not, this man's name should not be spoken in polite company by future generations.
War Crimes. Like those that the Nazi's were convicted of. By an American President.
Convicted or not, impeached or not, this man's name should not be spoken in polite company by future generations.
Bush's war more important than energy and science
via MSNBC: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/02/851992.aspx
Congress axed virtually all the money that was set aside for ITER (fusion energy research) operations during the current fiscal year.
How much are we talking here? $215M next fiscal year, or about 10% of the total that is shared with 6 other countries that we are reneging on.
The only investment Bush will make is America is a deficit and dead soldiers.
Congress axed virtually all the money that was set aside for ITER (fusion energy research) operations during the current fiscal year.
How much are we talking here? $215M next fiscal year, or about 10% of the total that is shared with 6 other countries that we are reneging on.
The only investment Bush will make is America is a deficit and dead soldiers.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Learning about Moral Hazard the hard way
So I picked the more expensive fixed rate for my house. So I had to make tradeoffs to afford the house - investing more up front, scaling back in other areas to afford the payment. I made - as far as I can tell - all the right choices.
But now my taxes are going to pay for shareholders of big investment companies and people who have bought houses beyond thier means.
I’m learning the lesson - be irresponsbile, preferably rich and irresponsible, and you get a free ride. Be responsible and you get to pay for others getting the free ride.
Thanks government! Its been an expensive lesson for me, but I’m off to ruin my credit rating in a spectacularly reckless manner so I can get some of my money back.
But now my taxes are going to pay for shareholders of big investment companies and people who have bought houses beyond thier means.
I’m learning the lesson - be irresponsbile, preferably rich and irresponsible, and you get a free ride. Be responsible and you get to pay for others getting the free ride.
Thanks government! Its been an expensive lesson for me, but I’m off to ruin my credit rating in a spectacularly reckless manner so I can get some of my money back.
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