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.
Friday, January 27, 2006
Monday, January 02, 2006
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:
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.
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.
Sunday, January 01, 2006
New Year's Resolutions
It's a new year, and I've made only one resolution this year after turning over a new leaf:
It's a short list, I know. But it's so very hard to do.
:(
- Do not try and take over the world.
It's a short list, I know. But it's so very hard to do.
:(
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