Steve Ballmer Says Linux Infringes Microsoft's IP

I saw this in the news today, where Steve "Monkeyboy" Ballmer makes this interesting comment:

Linux "uses our intellectual property" and Microsoft wanted to "get the appropriate economic return for our shareholders from our innovation."

Notice that the sentence doesn't really say anything, it's just to spread FUD. Personally I'd like to see them actually go to court over this. The litigation bloodbath won't be easy on Microsoft (although it also painful for the poor people on the receiving end of the sweaty gorilla's wrath).

I'm fairly sick of this fat buffoon and all of his mindless drooling sheep acolytes. Saruman says "Put your money where your mouth is, or else put a sock in it monkeyboy".

Odd Korean Weather

This is disturbing news, folks.

To my readers in Korea, heed my words!

DON'T EAT THE YELLOW SNOW!

The Man Cheney Shot Gets Minor Heart Attack

Harry Whittington, the poor fella who got shot by Dick Cheney got a minor heart attack today. Apparently being shot by a Dick Cheney is like being bitten by a werewolf; you slowly turn into one.

Cheney's Got A Gun

Cheney's Got A Gun
Cheney's Got A Gun
His dog day's just begun
Now everybody is on the run
Tell me now it's untrue
What did his lawyer do?

Now I can't be the first wizard to have come up with that after reading this story, can I?

Dagor Dagorath

This is old news, but pretty awesome so I'll post it anyway.

The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

They mention Mithrandir (twice dammit), but forgot about me. Bah. Otherwise, an excellent piece of art.

Concerning Tolkien

It turns out that the history of the past ages isn't as lost as I thought, but instead has been researched by a respectable Oxford professor named J.R.R Tolkien, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. (Yes I ripped that off from Mark Twain, for all of you academic types screaming "plagiarism"! It's a homage dammit).

I've spent considerable amount of time reading his works, and then I saw these popular movies made by a Peter Jackson... ugh. While I admire his choice of casting (Christopher Lee resembles me quite a bit), however did he get the idea that I died falling off the balcony? Good grief. I have a bone to pick with this fellow.

OpenDocument In Massachussetts

Oh, what a long, wicked story it is in the state of Massachussetts. After the government's decision that they only wanted an open format for official public documents (hence standardising on ODF and PDF), a whole bunch of self-proclaimed "pundits" bemoaned how it's such a bad idea since, well, I don't know. It's just bad for Microsoft, and thus is somehow bad for everyone else as well. Such is the opinion of this fellow here:

Berlind thinks the Massachusetts government has made a brilliant decision, in spite of the fact that it backed a technology that is mostly a no-show in a much larger democratic process (the global marketplace) that has standardized on Microsoft Office and its associated technologies.

Look, I've got news for you, you Microsoft half-wits. The "global marketplace" is hardly a "democratic process". It's a hegemony of monopolies and oligopolies that force consumers into buying whatever crap the behemoths sell, because of their marketing budget, strong-arm tactics, network effects and other devices of large corporations. Besides a handful of crazy Microsoft-loving shills who would queue up for months at Bill Gates' doorstep for a chance at fellating him, nobody's going to cry any tears over Microsoft's alleged loss in Massachussetts.

New Year's Resolutions

It's a new year, and I've made only one resolution this year after turning over a new leaf:

1. Do not try and take over the world.

It's a short list, I know. But it's so very hard to do.

:(