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Archive for February, 2004
Weird gameI had come across this weird game before. At first I didn’t think it was much of a game, I got bored and closed it. I came across it again today and this time I started clicking on different places and I figured out what was going on. Basically you need to save your home. To do that, you have to find your way out of every screen. It’s like a puzzle/adventure type of thing. Give it a try if you are feeling imaginative and have a few free minutes.
Migrating to a Microsoft serverOur email system has been up and down lately. Today this email was sent around: “I believe there is some reason for optimism for the future because we will be buying a new Lotus Notes server very soon. We will be moving off of the IBM AIX (IBM’s UNIX platform) to the Microsoft platform because we have been told that the Microsoft platform has much better support from Lotus. The Lotus Notes applications run on the Microsoft platform, and that has proved to be stable.” At first it felt as if I was reading some joke or satire article. But the email was for real. I have yet to wrap my mind around the statements in that email. I would never dream of running a mission-critical application on a Microsoft platform. If they think they have problems now, I wonder what’s going to happen when the next worm or other fun security exploit comes around.
I rockOut of boredom I took the “What Internet Personality Are You” quiz. This is what it said about me:
Valentine’s DayI’m not a huge fan of “Bill Maher.” Not because he is bad, but because his show really never engaged me. I know he has a lot of fans but I’ve tried to watch his show and I just couldn’t get into it. On the other hand, I do get a kick out of “Tough Crowd” on Comedy Central, which is roughly the same concept, but funnier. Anyway, back to Bill. I guess that on Friday’s show he went on a rant at the end of the show that actually brought down the house with clapping and cheers. You can read it here. It’s titled “Valentine’s Day, that great state holiday.” But since I’m afraid that it’ll be removed from their website eventually, I went ahead and duplicated it below. Enjoy. Valentine’s Day, that great state holiday NEW RULE: You can’t claim you’re the party of smaller government, and then clamor to make laws about love. If there’s one area I don’t want the US government to add to its list of screw-ups, it’s love. On the occasion of this Valentine’s Day, let’s stop and ask ourselves: What business is it of the state how consenting adults choose to pair off, share expenses, and eventually stop having sex with each other? And why does the Bush administration want a constitutional amendment about weddings? Hey, birthdays are important, too — why not include them in the great document? Let’s make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake — you know, to send the right message to kids. Republicans are always saying we should privatize things, like schools, prison, Social Security — OK, so how about we privatize privacy? If the government forbids gay men from tying the knot, what’s their alternative? They can’t all marry Liza Minnelli. Republicans used to be the party that opposed social engineering, but now they push programs to outlaw marriage for some people, and encourage it for others. If you’re straight, there’s a billion-five in the budget to encourage and promote marriage — including seed money to pay an old Jewish woman to call up people at random and say “So why aren’t you married, Mr. Big Shot?” But when it comes to homosexuals, Republicans sing “I Love You Just the Way You Oughta Be.” They oppose gay marriage because it threatens or mocks — or does something — to the “sanctity of marriage,” as if anything you can do drunk out of your mind in front of an Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas could be considered sacred. Half the people who pledge eternal love are doing it because one of them is either knocked-up, rich or desperate, but in George Bush’s mind, marriage is only a beautiful lifetime bond of love and sharing — kind of like what his Dad has with the Saudis. But at least the right wing aren’t hypocrites on this issue — they really believe that homosexuality, because it says so in the Bible, is an “abomination” and a “dysfunction” that’s “curable”: they believe that if a gay man just devotes his life to Jesus, he’ll stop being gay — because the theory worked out so well with the Catholic priests. But the greater shame in this story goes to the Democrats, because they don’t believe homosexuality is an “abomination,” and therefore their refusal to endorse gay marriage is a hypocrisy. The right are true believers, but the Democrats are merely pretending that they believe gays are not entitled to the same state-sanctioned misery as the rest of us. The Democrats’ position doesn’t come from the Bible, it’s ripped right from the latest poll, which says that most Americans are against gay marriage. Well, you know what: Sometimes “most Americans” are wrong. Where’s the Democrat who will stand up and go beyond the half measures of “civil union” and “hate the sin, love the sinner,” and say loud and clear: `There IS no sin, and homosexuality is NOT an abomination’ — although that Boy George musical Rosie O’Donnell put on comes close. The only thing abominable about being gay is the amount of time you have to put in at the gym. But that aside, the law in this country should reflect that some people are just born 100 percent outrageously, fabulously, undeniably Fire Island gay, and that they don’t need re-programming. They need a man with a slow hand. Happy Valentine’s Day everybody! Bill Maher is host of “Real Time with Bill Maher.” © Copyright 2004 Globe Newspaper Company.
The buttonIn one of my previous entries, I talked about how a guy pushed a big red button which he thought would open a door. Instead it was a kill switch that effectively shut down every sever on campus. It is with pleasure that I present you a picture the big red button. Picture courtesy of Adam (he just doesn’t know it.) Yes, the button does look like that. It’s big and red. And yes, it was inside the plastic cover. The “emergency” sign is new. Flair dayToday is “FlairDay” at work. Have you seen Office Space? You know “flair”? Buttons, pins, etc? Well, that’s what day it is at work. We are all wearing flare to work. I feel so ridiculous. Here I am at home, with 12 pieces of flare on me, ready to go out into the real world. It’ll all be under my jacket, but still. It should be fun. We’ll have “Office Space” running on a couple TVs in the office. We also have awards such as a red stapler, a Michael Bolton CD and even the “Milton Igniter Award”. I’m bringing my camera and I’ll take pictures. I’ll post them if I get anything good.
I’m a plumbing geniusThis is the reply to my maintenance request: “David: Thanks for the note about the problem urinal (and thanks for making me smile). Technically, I think you have pegged all the correct names for toilet apparatus. I will forward this to the Work Order System and a plumber will respond very soon. Again thanks.”
Plumbing r0×0rsThis is the e-mail I just sent to the maintenance people: “Forsyth Library’s basement men’s bathroom urinal: Water leaks at the point where the handle and the rest of the whatchamacallit meet in the flushing apparatus whenever you flush. Sorry for the technical terms. No one said I was a plumbing afficionado.” How else would you describe it? SignageYesterday I kept complaining about all the Rocket Scientests I had to deal with, so my coworkers made this sign for me and posted it outside my door:
Send her to the sunSpeaking of rocket scientists, the Wahoo Lady called again. Today’s problem was her inability to correctly type the address to a website. So we finally just had her go to another website she is familiar with, and show her where to find the appropriate link for the place she was trying to reach.
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