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Open Source: A Qualified Failure
Been having a discussion on another board regarding the “open source” movement, and whether it has been a force for good or bad. And I have to share my thoughts on this, that it has been resoundingly terrible – the … Continue reading
On the Nature of Black Holes…And Relativity
For some time, I’ve contemplated the nature of these mysterious behemoths, and I feel they have been somewhat misrepresented in their public image. Possibly misunderstood even among the scientific community. I’d like to address them from the stance that rather … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Cosmology, Physics, Science
Tagged black holes, gravitation, perception, physics, relativity
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Protected: My Accenture Exit Interview
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Delphi is 27!
We’re coming up on the 27th anniversary of the release of Delphi, a programming system that pretty much defined a big chunk of my career. It’s always been a great “secret weapon” in building fantastic software, and I’m proud to … Continue reading
An Open Letter to the Democratic Party
Are you people that stupid? Really? I used to think “No, they can’t be that dumb. They have to see this.” But apparently it has escaped notice. I genuinely would not have thought so, but I guess someone has to … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Crazy, Evil, Politics, Teabaggers
Tagged democratic party, open letter, republicans, treason
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Setting Up A New Fortigate Firewall
Sooo…my Cisco Meraki subscription runs out next month, and Cisco doesn’t want to talk to me about what their re-licensing options are. I like my MX64, the interface is really nice, and the device is super effective. But I can’t … Continue reading
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Tagged default route, firewall policy, firewalls, fortigate, fortinet, fortinet 40F, problems, setup
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Justice Must Be Served Upon Them
Unfortunately, ‘taking the high road’ is what led us to where we are now. Taking the high road fails to oppose people who don’t give a shit what road you’re on. I’ve been extremely vocal about this stuff for probably … Continue reading
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The Storm Continues
About a year ago, I wrote “The Perfect (Digital) Storm“. In it, I stressed “Authoritarian Behavior” as a key element to a dystopian hellish future. Some few months earlier, I wrote “The Worst Enemy We Have Ever Faced As a … Continue reading
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Wrestling with Jira
I recently upgraded the home network here, and pulled a load of stuff back in from my AWS cloud. Not because I thought AWS was bad or anything, I just needed to satisfy some geekdom here in the house, and … Continue reading
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Tagged can't connect, database, installation, jira, MS SQL, named instance, timeout
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Top 10 Horror Movies
Well, at least my top 10 :). I got asked to do one of those challenges on FB, and wrote up my top ten with a few notes on them, and I figure it’d be better to put them all … Continue reading