You know, I'm increasingly alarmed by the "just let some company handle it" attitude of people towards computers and the internet.
My ideal world consists of people selling you the box you have which manages your data for you, but not directly holding it. Not where we seem to be heading, which is "The Company will manage your hardware for you."
Why?
The whole attitude is slowly making people pliable to ideas that eventually lead to de facto oligarchy. When someone wants to sit back and say "we don't IPv6 because no one really needs to be able to use P2P-type services", that is what people are advocating.
"Leave it to a big company".
Hrm.
I think that a lot of people don't ask the right questions when choosing to outsource.
I go over this with clients when they start asking about cloud computing. The cost per month versus the TCO of keeping whatever system in-house isn't enough. They need to ask some hard questions about backups, downtime, SLAs, privacy, disaster plans, colocations, physical access to data centers, etc.
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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Podlyyou unzipped me! it's all coming back! i don't like it!Registered Userregular
edited February 2011
I was oddly depressed when I reread Gravity's Rainbow in the summer because it made me realize just how inferior DFW is to Pynchon. DFW is totally indebted to Pynchon.
Also, Will, it's because you stirred the polenta in multiple directions. If you do that, the polenta gets angry. (It's an old Italian wives tale, apparently.)
Also also, Dubstep is annoying.
Also aslo I should go to target and get some shopping done.
So I'm not sure if any of you have ever made polenta, but basically it involved boiling cornmeal, stirring frequently until it's reduced to a thick porridge, pouring it into a mold, and baking it for a whle. I made polenta tonight and near the end of the boiling phase, it gets really thick to the point that the slow bubbles that emerge are kind of explosive.
Anyways one of them exploded as I was stirring and shot A big load of boling corn magma into my left eye. It fuckin hurts dudes.
Gonna be monocular twins with chu at eastpax. We can compare notes and deduce depth perception between the two of us.
Haha, your polenta nutted in your eye.
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
So I'm not sure if any of you have ever made polenta, but basically it involved boiling cornmeal, stirring frequently until it's reduced to a thick porridge, pouring it into a mold, and baking it for a whle. I made polenta tonight and near the end of the boiling phase, it gets really thick to the point that the slow bubbles that emerge are kind of explosive.
Anyways one of them exploded as I was stirring and shot A big load of boling corn magma into my left eye. It fuckin hurts dudes.
Gonna be monocular twins with chu at eastpax. We can compare notes and deduce depth perception between the two of us.
Haha, your polenta nutted in your eye.
Thank god someone else said it.
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I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
Dubstep is amazing when done well, but it's particularly horrible when it's bad. I'd liken it to where trance was in 2000, when it became a thing and any idiot with a pirated DAW could slap some nails-on-chalkboard sample on top of a canned beat and call it a song.
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
Dubstep is amazing when done well, but it's particularly horrible when it's bad. I'd liken it to where trance was in 2000, when it became a thing and any idiot with a pirated DAW could slap some nails-on-chalkboard sample on top of a canned beat and call it a song.
Yeah, but that's just because dubstep allows for production display. It's kind of like nature films -- they're pretty cool, but the reason that they are SO POPULAR is because they are film technique displays.
Dubstep is amazing when done well, but it's particularly horrible when it's bad. I'd liken it to where trance was in 2000, when it became a thing and any idiot with a pirated DAW could slap some nails-on-chalkboard sample on top of a canned beat and call it a song.
Yeah, but that's just because dubstep allows for production display. It's kind of like nature films -- they're pretty cool, but the reason that they are SO POPULAR is because they are film technique displays.
Never thought about it like that, but I think you're right.
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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CindersWhose sails were black when it was windyRegistered Userregular
edited February 2011
I like nature films because David Attenborough has a soothing voice.
How's this for a CV? Both in terms of order and title choice.
Formal Education
Continuing Education
Professional Experience
Volunteer Experience
Technical Competencies
(Published Works...when I get any)
Presentations
Professional Associations
Community Involvement
Posts
Hrm.
I think that a lot of people don't ask the right questions when choosing to outsource.
I go over this with clients when they start asking about cloud computing. The cost per month versus the TCO of keeping whatever system in-house isn't enough. They need to ask some hard questions about backups, downtime, SLAs, privacy, disaster plans, colocations, physical access to data centers, etc.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Also, Will, it's because you stirred the polenta in multiple directions. If you do that, the polenta gets angry. (It's an old Italian wives tale, apparently.)
Also also, Dubstep is annoying.
Also aslo I should go to target and get some shopping done.
Haha, your polenta nutted in your eye.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
Sure he did. He has ruined a lot of good dj sets.
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
FOUR DAYS to heal a second-degree burn. Fuck protesters, this is the future.
Thank god someone else said it.
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Dubstep is amazing when done well, but it's particularly horrible when it's bad. I'd liken it to where trance was in 2000, when it became a thing and any idiot with a pirated DAW could slap some nails-on-chalkboard sample on top of a canned beat and call it a song.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Unlike Electro - he's a nice, clean looking fellow
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
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What? Sometimes I get bored and I start staring at the clutter on the nightst--OHHHHHHHHH
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Yeah, but that's just because dubstep allows for production display. It's kind of like nature films -- they're pretty cool, but the reason that they are SO POPULAR is because they are film technique displays.
Never thought about it like that, but I think you're right.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4aoW5A8QI8
I hate hate hate countdowns in songs but that's really the only flaw I can see in this one
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
Is Terrence going to cry?
By smell, obviously.
The monogram.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Well he's on Law and Order LA though Alfred Molina is the superior ADA, he's not bad.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFfThN0eWgQ&feature=player_embedded
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
I also learned that GISing shark and staring at a screen full of shark pictures is kinda terrifying.
Watching Life right now. So good.
I like the countdown in Aquarius by Boards of Canada.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Single greatest week ever. That's the kind of thing you eat a different cut of cow for each day.
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Formal Education
Continuing Education
Professional Experience
Volunteer Experience
Technical Competencies
(Published Works...when I get any)
Presentations
Professional Associations
Community Involvement
Should I rearrange it or rename some things?
What makes them truly terrifying is they smile while doing it.
That flipper remake really went dark didn't it?
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If your penis were prehensile, you'd rape people with it, too.
All boarding crowded trains with nowhere to go
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.