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A Briefcase Full of Code - War is a Failure of Diplomacy
Wednesday, 04/07/2004
No more
Topic: Rant

So, how many more have to die? Hmm? Tell me. I wanna know. They're just going to keep dying, no matter what we do. They don't want us there, its more than clear. And we've created a power vacuum. So if we stay, it gets worse, and if we leave it gets worse. And our "esteemed Commander-in-Chief" only believes in cowboy diplomacy (ie watch a John Wayne movie). Slick, eh?

Fuck

I only hope no more have to die before we figure it out.

Later


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Monday, 04/05/2004
Sick
Topic: Daily Info

Dammit, I'm sick. And I had to go to the doctor. And I had a good run going there. All because of my brother's damn computer.

Cripes.

I dunno. Feeling out of it, more than just the sick. But I'll have to think on this more at a later time.

So, have a good one. And someone talk to me, its lonely out here.

Later


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Sunday, 04/04/2004
So tired and worn
Topic: Daily Info

My eyes feel like they're gonna bleed
Dried up and bulging out my skull
My mouth is dry
My face is numb
freaked up and spun out in my room

Brain Stew, Green Day

So, I guess I'm quasi sick. Not 100% on that, since I always have a semi-runny nose, but I'm certainly worn out and down feeling. I was good earlier, but by the time I got to Jami's, I was tired, beginning to get achey and starting to fall asleep sitting up, so I went home after being there for only an hour or so. Kinda suck-tacular.

From now on, I will only do one OS at a time on a computer. And I can tell you my predilection won't be too anything out of Redmond. That's right, Microsoft, I'm done with your garbage that you call programming. Eat shit you fuckers, I've had paying huge wads of cash for something that fails. I like the word free, and I like to chose. And I chose Linux.

TUX FOREVER!



Ahem, alright, sorry, got into a rant there. I'm going to bed, since I'm already not feeling well, and I automatically lose an hour of sleep (stupid day-light savings time).

Later


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Saturday, 04/03/2004
Arrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhh
Topic: Daily Info

Hate me now
Kill all within my hands
Hate me now
Crush all within my hands
Squeeze all within my hands
Choke all within my hands
Hate me now
Trap all within my hands
Hurry up and hate me now
Kill all within my hands

All Within My Hands, Metallica

It been a damn long hard weekend already, and its only Saturday. Lat's just leave it at broken hardware, and five or six mis-installs of varying operating systems. I'm getting awfully tired of this.

Ah, I dunno. Other things are not well either, but I'll explain that at some later date when I figure it out.

Later.


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Wednesday, 03/31/2004


I'm frantic in your soothing arms
I can not sleep in this down filled world
I've found safety in this loneliness
But I cannot stand it anymore

Cross my heart and hope not to die
Swallow evil, ride the sky
Lose myself in a crowded room
You fool, you fool, it will be here soon

The Unnamed Feeling, Metallica

Well, I'm down to one problem on the homework for one class, and one problem on the homework for another class. And both problems are driving me nuts and giving me very wrong results.

Cripes.

Okay, gonna relax, finish my dinner, and think about the problems for a while longer. Hopefully not too long, since they're due on Friday.

Ah well.

Good luck to anyone that needs it, and good luck to myself, because I sure need it.

Later.


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Tuesday, 03/30/2004
Nnnnnnggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh
Topic: Daily Info

I tried imagining real hard yesterday, but dammit, nothing changed. I'll just have to keep imagining.

Well, at least I'm getting closer to being finished with the homework, I'm down to one problem in the one class, and just a few problems in the other. Hopefully, I'll be done by Thursday.

Sheesh

Later


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Monday, 03/29/2004
Imagine
Topic: Rambling

Imagine there's no countries,
It isn't hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...

Imagine, John Lennon

In honor of John Lennon, I'm going to Imagine.

I imagine a world where politics stops being a contest about looks and visual perceptions, and more about the policies.

I imagine a world where the political campaign consists of speeches un-televised.

I imagine a world where intelligence trumps force, trumps style, and trumps perception.

And too the little McCarthyists and Bushites out there, I imagine a world where you do not exist.

I imagine peace.

Thanks, John.


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Saturday, 03/27/2004
Purify

Truth and Dare
Peeling Back The Skin
Acid Wash
Ghost White
Ultra Clean
Wanna Be Skeleton
Clear Eyes
Diamond Eyes
Strip The Past Of Mine
My Sweet Turpentine

Purify, Metallica

A moment of silence for Piccolo.

...

I don't think I can save it, nor will I have the time to try for a few weeks. Yup: I now have to compile all the information about the checksums; develop a quasi-report for Paul and David when they get back from wherever (ie make suggestions about deletions and file moves, suggestions about files we no entries for, etc, etc, amen); talk to the other Undergrad RA Tyler about a massive data run he is doing so I can give it a project name, so the database doesn't become fragmented and useless; debug some software and add a few final features, then clean up the code, write a little documentation; preen out the checksumming utilities (although that's part of the features too); and maybe generate a movie.

Oh yeah, and a shit-load of homework too.

When it rains, it pours.

So, I'm going to grind at the homework now (I'm aware that its past 3 am).

Later


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Tuesday, 03/23/2004
Yup
Topic: Daily Info

Sorry bout that, been sitting behind a computer screen looking at a debugger for the last couple of days. Ah well.

I got Piccolo back up, after 4 crashes and 2 bad SCSI drives, so hopefully it will hold together long enough for me to finish up the last few things in my checksum apps and then I can move onto other things. Like Linux, and Projekt Physik.

Ah, I have other things to talk about, but I'm too tired to talk about them now. I'll catch you all on the flip side.

Later


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Saturday, 03/20/2004
Failure
Topic: Rambling && Daily Info

I failed the good kernel today, or more accurately, my laptop failed the good kernel. Fuck. Stupid POS DVD drive is failing, and now its making funny noises. I know its not from trying to use burned CD's, since I've used them before, and I got the Linux to install on a much older machine. Ah well, still stuck with Windows.

Oh yeah, Piccolo's hard drive failed out completely today. I'll have to take it out on Monday and replace the SCSI drives and reinstall Windows. Sadness. So much sadness. But, at least I got one machine to install Linux, I just think I need to give up on trying to put it on a laptop. Maybe I'll buy a new CD-RW/DVD for the thing, and then it might be able to load Linux, and then I can get the good kernel on it. Or maybe I'll dual boot it onto my desktop, or the computers I'll be getting soon from Chris's Dad, or when KJ gets his own computer and gives me my home built one back. Or maybe I'll put it on the new computer I'm going to build. I just wanted it on my laptop. {Sigh}

Anyway, I guess thats all for now.

Later.


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