Category: my ramblings

This story caugh my eye because it mentioned inspectors going to Iran to examine nuclear sites. Not UN weapons inspectors, but the IAEA, to make sure that Iran isn’t developing nuclear technology for weapons uses.

The thing about this that made me laugh out loud was in the third from last paragraph:

The US says it is concerned that Iran intends to develop weapons-grade plutonium there.
American intelligence officials argue that this is the only reason why an oil rich state like Iran would need a nuclear power plant.

Uhm… have these people ever heard of not burning oil in order to not flood half the planet in a hundred years? You know, the environment and all that? Maybe they’re all thinking like the Rich Texan from The Simpsons? “In Texas, we got rid of the environment, and it made everyone a looooot happier!” Or they’re too short-sighted by their own witch hunt for “evil” to see the obvious use. Pathetic.

An old St. L & H train car, sitting on a tail track just outside of Union Station, Toronto.

This crap. So they stop the ship. It’s carrying missiles. The US suspects that they may be being shipped to a “potential terrorist nation.” WTF is that? I’ll bet about half the world is a “potential terrorist nation” by now. No one really likes the US anymore – other nations are giving them weird looks, as if to say “What the heck are you guys smoking over there?”

So anyways. The US actually ADMITTED that they have no authority to seize the shipment. One would think that they should be encouraging the Yemenis to buy arms – I mean, isn’t this what the US does? Stockpiling arms in order to bully everyone else around (not to mention prop up the economy)? Heck, that’s the American way! Sell ’em some Patriots in case those Scuds go off course!

What bloody hypocrites.

Last night I had a nice chat with Jon about gaming consoles and the like. He reminisced about his Genesis and 32x, while I can only dream of one day owning a NeoGeo. At least I have its little cousin.

Anyways, because of that it was ironic to see that today IBM has announced that OS/2 is being dropped, finally. OS/2 was a damn find operating system in its day, except that there was virtually no software for it. I have fond memories of running OS/2 Warp on my 386. sniff

And now, Nuclear Weapon Test Films!

Today was a good day. After banging my head against ADSI and ADO, I finally solved my problem the UNIX way: with a Perl CGI program. w00t.

If I was sending a package of CDs to an apartment across from the Pentagon (which I am), would it be a good thing or a bad thing if I wrote “NOT ANTHRAX” across it, considering that the first package of CDs that I sent were damaged beyond use?

I just realized today why those bonus stamps you get from Subway have the store number and ticket number printed on them: so that when you hand it in, they have a record of which stores you’ve been to: geographical data. Or maybe I had too many bowls of paranoia flakes this morning…

Today I am very, very tired. My brain has been affected: at lunch I went to the post office to mail a half-dozen packages, and after everything has been processed realized that I left my wallet in my office, 4 blocks away and 17 stories up. Luckily the mail clerk was extremely nice (as long as I was bringing back cash), but on my extra walk I almost crossed the street for no reason three times.

But hey, I finally got an office phone! 4 for 4 on the week! And a 17″ screen. ViewSonic, yum.

Did SlashDot melt down?

I’m going to go home and sleep now. Bye.

mmm, that would be good.

Woman jump-starts her car with infant. No, infants can’t be used as jumper cables. Infants, however, can swallow small ICs usually attached to keys that emit a small signal when brought close to the ignition, necessary for the car to start. This is also another reason not to buy a Ford.

Geez, before I read this I didn’t see how this whole terror/Iraq thing made sense. This states it so succinctly!

Curiously enough, that last entry was #500. Which makes this #501. Funny that.

Today is your typical first day at work: got office, got PC, got logins, mysteriously don’t have phone. Hey, three out of four ain’t bad.