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.
:(
Friday, December 02, 2005
Microsoft
Now I've been surfing around this web thing quite a bit, and also been to computer shops (a most unpleasant experience). Almost everyone seems to be running a pansy-ass operating system called "Windows", a dumbed-down toy unworthy of use by a wizard like me. I am Curunir! Man of technological craft and skilled devices! I don't need dancing paperclips to tell me what to do!
Windows was made by this corporate entity called "Microsoft" which is in Redmond, where (if my calculations are correct) Mordor used to be. To their credit, they've tried to make their default window manager themed to look multicoloured (always a plus). The downside is, their colour scheme sucks, along with mostly everything else. The worst part is, those idiot computer salesmen seem to be hellbent in pushing Windows down my throat.
The next dumbass who tries to sell me Windows will get vapourised with my staff (yeah I made a new one).
Windows was made by this corporate entity called "Microsoft" which is in Redmond, where (if my calculations are correct) Mordor used to be. To their credit, they've tried to make their default window manager themed to look multicoloured (always a plus). The downside is, their colour scheme sucks, along with mostly everything else. The worst part is, those idiot computer salesmen seem to be hellbent in pushing Windows down my throat.
The next dumbass who tries to sell me Windows will get vapourised with my staff (yeah I made a new one).
Hello Again World!
It's been ages since I had a body, but after millenia of roaming around as smoky ghost, I've finally rebodied! I guess that means I've atoned for trying to ursurp the evil ring of power, wage war on Rohan, mess up the Shire and trying to gut that little halfling (only to be foiled by his shiny little vest... ugh). But I've totally changed now, I'm not trying to take over the world anymore. Ok, I'm still the occasional asshole, but that's ol' Sharky for you.
That's right, world. Sharky's back. Saruman The Multicoloured. Curunir, master of tech. And what a world it is nowadays. We have horseless carriages, television, and computers! Oh computers, I love them. I've discovered this thing called "Linux" which totally rocks. Right now I'm running on this "distro" called "Ubuntu", which is an ancient African word which means "happy naked people". I think (hey, I have aeons worth of catching up to do).
Now that I've discovered "blogging", I can write stuff and you guys can comment on it. Isn't this neat?
That's right, world. Sharky's back. Saruman The Multicoloured. Curunir, master of tech. And what a world it is nowadays. We have horseless carriages, television, and computers! Oh computers, I love them. I've discovered this thing called "Linux" which totally rocks. Right now I'm running on this "distro" called "Ubuntu", which is an ancient African word which means "happy naked people". I think (hey, I have aeons worth of catching up to do).
Now that I've discovered "blogging", I can write stuff and you guys can comment on it. Isn't this neat?
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