Tuesday, August 30, 2005

COSC 2325 Foundation of Computer Information Systems

I am now in my above mentioned class and bored to tears.

I still have 55 minutes to go.

Why does God hate me?

And more importantly, why won't they let me keep Firefox installed?

I mean seriously, no one is paying attention to this guy.

People are checking their email, chatting, shopping, blogging, and doing whatever they can to waste their time.

The kid in front of me put it best in his chat client: "class is boooooring."

He genuinely has no ability to motivate anyone, either that or he just doesn't care.

BTW, for outsiders, or as I shall refer to you the blessed ones, the man to which I am refering goes by the monicker of Whitson.

He is know for wearing the same thing all the time, among other things. Or it appears that way to us. We have affectionately nicknamed him Harry Carey.

I don't think I need to say any more, but I will.

I mean honestly being in Abu Ghraib would be more enjoyable right about now, maybe.

I will leave off by saying that at least this will all be over in less than 45 minutes now, good thing time progresses even when fun is not had.

Hear me spit on you, wither i
Remold into gold and bury I from - sun

Reborn left to sigh, recure maybe i?ll
Be born and simplify - the way I lie - before
I get bored, I get bored, I get bored I?m bored
Repent by you and trust to figure out
I burn that gift to you - doll and let it shine before
I get bored, I get bored, I get bored, I wish for a real one

Fit and confide, before me or i
I will come clean, it gets worse - it?s more
Get bored, I get bored, I get bored, a wish for a real one
Get bored, get bored, get bored, I wish for a real one

40 minutes now, yeah!! I should post this....

Monday, August 22, 2005

I am here....

I am now in my apartment at UT Tyler.....

Pretty much done w/ the packing and what have you....

This is going to be a good year, I hope....

It is good to be back....

Well, I will be sure to post more later....

-ME-

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Keep Yourself Alive

Well, NOW I REALLY LOATHE microsoft....

First I get a some error messages, then I can't log in anymore. In Fedora Core 4, I search for the error messages. Learn I can't do anything about that damn problem. Well other then reinstall the crap thing. Thankfully nothing of importance is ever on my C Drive.

Anyway...now I get this darn Windows Activation deal. Which I have done oh so many times before.

Anyway, apperantly I can't do web activation, really pisses me off. So I call Microsoft Tech Support "India", well that is where I assume the call went. So after the automated part of the call, I talk to this guy who I have to repeat everything to three times and then he wants to know why I am activiating again. So I said, because XP sucks and I had to reinstall it. After that he didn't say much beside that code they give you.

I hope this is the end of that....

I was told a million times
Of all the troubles in my way
How I had to keep on trying
Little better ev?ry day
But if I crossed a million rivers
And I rode a million miles
Then I?d still be where I started
Bread and butter for a smile
Well I sold a million mirrors
In a shop in alley way
But I never saw my face
In any window any day
Well they say your folks are telling you
To be a super star
But I tell you just be satisfied
To stay right where you are

Keep yourself alive keep yourself alive
It?ll take you all your time and a money
Honey you?ll survive

Well I?ve loved a million women
In a belladonic haze
And I ate a million dinners
Brought to me on silver trays
Give me ev?rything I need
To feed my body and my soul
And I?ll grow a little bigger
Maybe that can be my goal
I was told a million times
Of all the people in my way
How I had to keep on trying
And get better ev?ry day
But if I crossed a million rivers
And I rode a million miles
Then I?d still be where I started
Still be where I started

Keep yourself alive keep yourself alive
It?ll take you all your time and money honey
You?ll survive

Keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive
It?ll take you all your time and money
To keep me satisfied
Do you think you?re better ev?ry day
No I just think I?m two steps nearer to my grave
Keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive mm
You take your time and take your money
Keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive
All you people keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive
It?ll take you all your time and a money
To keep me satisfied
Keep yourself alive
Keep yourself alive
All you people keep yourself alive
Take you all your time and money honey
You will survive

Keep you satisfied
Keep you satisfied

Saturday, August 13, 2005

The unwanted blatantly militant rant

Okay, you know, this has been bothering me for a while and after something I saw yesterday, it bothers me again. I would first like to say, if I have ranted on about this before, I apologize, but I don't remember and I don't feel like looking back.

This nation, regardless of what any televangelist says, is not, and as far as I am concerned, will never be a "Christian Nation". I say this in no way to demean any religion, but only to make something very clear. That is, this nation was founded on a principal of religious freedom, which is why in the Constitution of the United States and the amendments that follow it, the words God and/or Christianity or any derevation there of show up.

And don't even think about saying, well the people who first came to this country were Christians. That is the problem, that is the reason we are in this mess. I say screw the people and think only of the documents that describe our current form of Government. Further, and I hate it when people do this, as nice as the Declaration of Independence is it isn't really a binding Governmental document any more. Technically it served its purpose some 200 years ago and then it was basically just a document. Now don't pull the anti-American card here, because we all know that is total crock, Okay! Sure that documents contained references to the Almighty, but you know what, it had to, it was a very passionate appeal. The constitution on the other hand is a "dry" document. It is intended to explain the role of Government, not much more. I may demeen it by saying that, but I don't want to get into deep philiosophical debate over the Constitution right now.

I just wish people would not be so ignorant and understand that. Now, bear in mind I said ignorant, not stupid. The two are not one and the same. I just wanted to clarify that.

Further, and I realise now this issue is slightly less relevant now that the Supreme Court has had its say, but posting the Ten Commandments on government property, in my opinion, is still hokey. I say this first for two reasons. Only two of the Commandments, can be connected to actual laws we have. Don't kill and Don't steal. Search the US Code, see for yourself. The US Code, for those of you who don't know, contains the laws of this country. Also, now I could be wrong here, isn't the posting of the Commandments slightly sacrilegious? The second Commandments says something to the effect of "You shall have no other gods besides Me...Do not make a sculpted image or any likeness of what is in the heavens above..." Now the way I look at this one is, you shouldn't worship false idols and statues and things like that. So how is posting statues of the Ten Commandments every place following that Commandment? I just want to know, because to me it doesn't work.

Sure, we could all use some blind faith once in a while, but when the blind begin to follow the blind, we end up going in the wrong direction. That's all I am saying.

By the by, if you want my little history on religion, I will tell you. I was raised a Lutheran. After I became a confirmed member of the church to please my mom, I became an agnostic. As far as I am concerned we don't have souls. When we die, worms eats us and that is it. I could go into more detail, but that should suffice.

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Success...almost...

Okay, so I found out what the TV Tuner is, FINALLY!! Thanks in part to google and a chinese website and subsequently another google search and a usenet group.

Anywho, now I need to find the next closest supported tuner or possibly this one if it is a choice and reonfigure the kernel w/ this one. Wish me luck, for I know I will.

BTW, for the curious the Tuner is made by some company called Tenna Electronics. I think the link in the title will lead to their website. I hope this works and I can start watching TV in Linux. Not that I can hook it up to a cable connection right now, but that doesn't matter.

Debian is scary

Okay, I tried out Debian 3.1r0a and all I will say is, "never again, never again!" I found the installation to be slightly troublesome, of course I am used to graphical installers, so that is why. Then when I was finally past that and logged in everything was foreign to me. Sure it was Gnome and I saw everything, but it was so, awkward.

Anyway. Now I am using Fedora Core 4, something I can easily understand.

However, regardless of the distro, I can not get my TV Card to work. I still don't know the specifics of my Tuner. I know the chipset and all that, but the Tuner is foreign to me. It just has a sticker that says IN and the N is a like an up arrow. I dunno. Maybe I'll figure this out soon.

Firefly/Serenity

Okay, now I finally got around to watching Firefly. However, I have a question.

In one episode called 'Trash' there are a few scenes w/ a dumpster. In these scenes you see a computer screen. Here is the question: why did the screen display an obvious Windows desktop? Most likely Windows 2000, from what I could tell.

Seriously if this is set 500 years in the future, what the hell? This makes no damn sense.

Anyway, seriously looking forward to the movie, and if any fan jargon is true, a series revival.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

aaarrrgghhhh!!!!

That did not work.

I will try again later w/ Beta 2

Hope things turn better.

Also am going to try out Fedora Core 4 and Debian , don't know what it is, but need it...

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Suse 10.0 Beta 1

I am delivering this blog using Firefox 1.06 in Suse 10.0 Beta 1.

Thus far the experience has been rather tramatic as this is my first true Beta Test Experience. However, I have only had to report 1 bug so far. Everything else was my fault. Anyway, I am busy installing more things to see what I can and can not do.

Of course, me being me, I am also trying to get some media player on here and fast, because I need to watch my Videos and Xine, Totem and Kaffeine Player don't support, Xvid or DivX so I am currently compiling my options. Seeing what works and what doesn't.

Talk more soon, compile more now!!

Oh yeah....

I almost forgot.

Boy I am glad the shuttle landed safely and I am disappointed at the Fark Headlines which said things like Shuttle didn't asplode, landed safely, or No fireworks show shuttle lands safely.

And Dead Zone Season 4 is a bit blaz�. I am looking for a reason to keep watching, and I can't think of any, except that I just watched all this up to so far.

Anyway, yeah.... Oh, be sure to get the Family Guy Movie when it comes out. It will be cool. I've seen it through other means and enjoyed it thoroughly.

Until next time...

FUNNY!

I copied the following from the link in the title. I couldn't stop laughing. Have fun reading it. I did.

This was inspired by the now infamous "Skippy's List". However, that list was Army-centered, and is a few years out of date, since it refers to a deployment in Kosovo (or Bosnia, somewhere around there). So I've got a list for me, in the USAF, deployed to Iraq. Enjoy!

I'll probably add more eventually, as I think of them

jabbausaf's diary :: ::

135 things Jabba is no longer allowed to do in the Air Force

Acronyms and military terms used:

COMM: short for the Communications squadron, the guys who handle phones and computers and such

UXO: Unexploded Ordnance, like dud bombs and the like

MRE: Meal Ready to Eat. The chemical heaters are in plastic bags. If you put the chemical heaters into a bottle, like one of the many water bottles, and, well, add water, and screw the cap on tight, the bottle will explode from the built-up steam. That's an MRE bomb

EOD: Explosive Ordnance Disposal. Crazy mofos.

RAF: Royal Air Force, the UK air force

HQ: Headquarters

PVC: dunno what it stands for, but it's a kind of pipe that looks a lot like a rocket body if you're doing a UXO sweep in the dark, trust me

AA: Anti-Aircraft gun

VIP: Very Important Person

SecDef: The Secretary of Defense

BX: The Base Exchange, the only store on base, the only place to go to buy stuff outside of the souvenir shops

DCU: Desert Cammies

MEP: Mission Essential Power

CE: Civil Engineering; handles power, water, A/C, roads, and so forth. Everything infrastructure

RPG: Rocket Propelled Grenade

HazMat: Hazardous Materials

PT: Physical Training

The List

Scorpions are not mascots
Scorpions are also not housepets
Wild dogs are not "man's best friend"
It's not an acceptable form of entertainment to shut off power to the camp and see how long it takes someone to call in
Cutting COMM's power is not justifiable retaliation for a website being blocked
...Even if it was a really funny website
Not longer allowed to protest next to the runway when the SecDef comes
...Even if the signs are really funny
No longer allowed to ask Army personnel very confusing questions
An M-16 is not an action movie prop
The power plant's fuel bladder is not a "giant waterbed"
When asked about the location of any personnel or equipment, the proper answer is never "Dantooine... they're on Dantooine"
No longer allowed to offroad in any areas that have not been cleared of UXOs
No longer allowed to offroad at all
Leaving "MRE water heater bombs" outside EOD's building at 0200 when they're all sleeping is not allowed
The control room in the power plant is not "Just like Engineering"
No longer allowed to impersonate Scotty
Especially when an officer calls to request mobile generator support
Switching the "circuit open" and "circuit closed" lights on the control panel to make new plant operators think that a generator is disconnected, causing them to accidentally kill power when they try to close the breaker to "reconnect" power, is no longer allowed
Not allowed to ask the Brits or the Aussies "So when are you guys leaving?"
Not allowed to impersonate an Irish accent, or Lucky the Leprechaun, around Irish members of the RAF
Not allowed to run past the RAF tents with chow-hall bowls of Lucky Charms, yelling "They're after me lucky charms!"
Just because HQ is located in a building called "the glass house", not allowed to inform the base commander or any of his subordinates that they are not allowed to throw stones
Not allowed to heckle "Tops in Blue", even if they really do suck
Not allowed to tell gate guards "You don't need to see my identification"
Not allowed to pick up scrap metal in the junkyard and show my supervisor, saying "look sir, droids!"
Not allowed to ask supervisor if I can borrow the tug and "drive in Toschi Station to pick up some power converters"
...Even if I really am going to pick up power converters, the Services tent is not Toschi Station
No longer allowed to give Star Wars names to locations on base
...Or Star Trek names
...Or Dune name
...Or names from any science fiction or fantasy work
Not allowed to put fins on PVC pipe and stick it into the ground next to HQ and call it in as a UXO
Not allowed to point old Iraqi AA guns at arriving aircraft
...even if they are already on the ground
...especially if it's a VIP aircraft
...doubly especially if it's the SecDef stopping by again
Not allowed to tell visiting media that if they really want to see how things are over here, they're welcome to go outside the wire
No taunting the Iraqi guards at the airport
No mooning the control tower either
No longer allowed to stop by the CIA compound and ask what they're up to
...or ask them where bin Laden really is
No longer allowed to tell new arrivals that I saw Saddam Hussein in prison orange eating in the chow hall, because I didn't
Not allowed to picket the chow hall
...or the BX
It's usually in bad taste to tell BX employees that you could get something much cheaper on the internet, or to remark loudly that Amazon has a much better selection, even if it's true
No longer allowed to befriend wild animals
...yes, even the kittens
No longer allowed to feed the rat that lives under the power plant
If I couldn't catch the gecko the first time, I'm not going to catch it the next fifty times I try
If I do catch the gecko, not allowed to keep it as a pet
Not allowed to heckle VIPs at their speeches
...including the SecDef
...and the chaplain
Not allowed to hold Pagan Rites on base without first obtaining permission and filling out the requisite forms
Not allowed to call burn barrel fires a Pagan rite
Not allowed to sacrifice anything to the sun god
Sandstorms are not caused by angry djinn
My tent is not the Love Shack
The female tents are also not Love Shacks
The Laundry tent is not the Love Shack, despite appearances to the contrary
Not allowed to go into the base library and take all the Bibles and put them in the science fiction section
Not allowed to put books by Ron L Hubbard in the religious section
Not allowed to surround the power plant with a minefield for security purposes
Not allowed to call the Supply Tent "Costco" or "Wal-Mart"
Not allowed to lock the bathrooms
Not allowed to use camel spiders to scare people
Not allowed to call a camel spider "My magical talking companion"
Not allowed to get a Kiss Army patch on my DCUs
Not allowed to instruct the barbers to give me a Mohawk
Not allowed to try to wear my boonie cap backwards
Not allowed to try to trade my M-16 to Global Security contractors for an AK-47 and a case of beer
Not allowed to try to ferment grapes from the chow hall to make moonshine or hooch
Not allowed to use MEP-12 prime power plant generators as a still
Not allowed to shoot the radio and yell to my supervisor that "we're gonna have company" when somebody calls asking why the power is out
...even if it was a boring conversation anyway
...especially if it's the commander
Not allowed to make special requests at the chow hall
...like for filet mignon
...or "anything not fried"
...or "something that doesn't suck"
Not allowed to demand a refund for chow hall food
Not allowed to sing showtunes over the CE radio net
Not allowed to sing anything over any net
Not allowed to sing in public at all
...or in private
Not allowed to play the cat game (from Super Troopers) with anyone who needs a generator
...even if "Meow long will you need this generator for?" is funny
Not allowed to operate a pirate radio station from "deep inside a secret bunker"
Not allowed to scare new arrivals with stories of a network of secret insurgent tunnels running under the base
Not allowed to practice law without credentials
Not allowed to dance with the broom while doing shop clean-up
Not allowed to pressure wash the inside of the boss's office
...even if it is dirty in there
Not allowed to drive in and out of Security Forces checkpoints repeatedly just because the gate guard on duty is hot
Not allowed to drag race anywhere on base
...especially "highway 1"
Not allowed to play "chicken" with armored vehicles
Not allowed to use the loudspeakers to play protest songs
May no longer insist on carrying a stuffed animal everywhere and asking it before I do anything
Not allowed to name wild animals
...or to force others to use those names
Not allowed to drop something heavy on the roof of the control room and tell the people inside that a mortar just bounced off
It's not my job to point out holes in base security
...even if they are pretty big
Not allowed to yell "Bring it on" at the civilian side of the airport
Not allowed to "punk" anyone
...especially officers
Not allowed to ask civilian contractors how much more they're getting paid
The commander's office is not a HazMat storage area for waste oil
...with or without the barrels
Not allowed to go to the supply tent for the sole purpose of flirting with the clerks
Not allowed to requisition "Maxim" or "Stuff" for "research purposes"
Not allowed to customize my M-16
...that includes engraving my name on it or stealing scopes and laser sights from the cops
Pellet guns are not authorized on military installations for my own safety and I will remember that
Not allowed to sell bootleg movies from my tent
Not allowed to administer "A good death" to an ailing generator, with an RPG-7
Not allowed to yell "game over man, game over!" during outages
Not allowed to shut off fuel and see how long it takes the generators to shut down
...especially if I'm taking bets
Not allowed to take bets on anything
Not allowed to speak in tongues
I am not a faith healer
A speedo and a wifebeater is not "Conservative PT gear"

Update [2005-8-9 9:34:29 by jabbausaf]:

126. Sock puppets are not in my chain of command.

127. Magic 8 Ball is not in my chain of command.

128. I do not "got the touch" or "the power"

129. ...even if I do light the darkest hours.

130. May not use interpretive dance to criticize command decisions.

131. The making of near-beer bongs is strongly discouraged.

132. I am not "Lord of the Sand Flies".

133. No longer allowed to burn superior officers in effigy

134. Med clinic personnel will no longer be referred to as "Dr Feelgood"

135. The Med clinic will no longer be referred to as "The Happy-pill Emporium"

Monday, August 08, 2005

Back in da' zone

Well, after watching the first finishing the third season: Hmmm.....

Now I can only imagine what Season 4 has in store.

Also, does anyone know who that women is, w/ the tear in the opening sequence.

I have been looking everywhere trying to find out, but I have had no luck.

Anyway, back to the grind. Start Season 4 in a few minutes. Need to visit the "library" and "deposit some books." If you know what I mean.

The Dead Zone

I've just watched the first two seasons and am now watching the third.

I've got to say, things make a lot more sense if you watch it A) completely
and B) in order

Anyway, I hope to begin watching the 4th season soon, that is the eps that have been released.

All I have to say is someone truly screwed up the audio encoding on Season 2 there was a 2 second lag on every episode. It became painful to watch.

Well, I guess by now you all know...

First, it would seem the Shuttle did not land, but thankfully it didn't blow up this time. Of course, we can always wait and see.

Second, it would seem that Peter Jennings has passed. He was a good anchor and a good reporter and really his only fault was being Canadian, though he cheated that one by changing his citizenship.

Anywho, hopefullly tomorrow things will change. Well for the shuttle anyway. Not like we can bring him back to life....YET!?!...no j/k...

Sunday, August 07, 2005

"It's time to come home"

No, I am not talking about the war in Iraq.

Instead I am refering to the Space Shuttle. It is expected to land sometime around 4 A.M. EST.

Sure this may be early in the morning, but I know I'll be watching.

How about you?

I, unlike many americans and others around the world, think the American space program and the space programs of other countries are great things. Space is the right next step for humanity to take in exploring the known universe.

Let's hope for a safe return!

Saturday, August 06, 2005

few changes here and there

I have made a few changes to the look of the blog. Minor things, which no one will probably notice. Anyway... umm... lets see...

Oh yes! I would also like to announce, or more accurately reannounce, the recent change with Novell and SuSE. They are now going to make, what they call, OpenSuSE. This comes down to a similar path that RedHat took with Fedora. However, this change will be different, in that 1st, It won't suck, and second well I don't exactly remember the second thing, but if you go to distrowatch and look at the SuSE section you can find it out.

Anyway, I see this as a glorius new start in the right direction for Novell and SuSE. Especially Novell, since I assumed the corprate ownership of SuSE would suck and for a while it did especially with the initial release of SuSE 9.3 lacking most media support. Thankfully they realised the mistake in their ways. I only see good things from this. Let us hope all turns out well.

Thursday, August 04, 2005

It's good to back...

Let me tell you...

i AM SO HAPPY TO BE Back in the swING OF THINgs again.
it feelS SO GREAT To get back TO WHAT I WANted to do from thE BEGINNIng.

Talk to me people, give me your input, your thoughts, your feelings, I AM HERE to:

listen, learn and grow...but mostly to laugh at how pathetic you are...

j/k

=The Management=

Tommorrow is Yesterday's Today?

It makes me wonder sometimes, why?

I want to clarify, that at no time, while blogging, or before or after for that matter, was I on any form of drug, aside from caffeine, which I shouldn't take for personal health reasons.

This is all part of my regular thought process.

----

The above post was to answer my first "blog fan question" by someone who I shall not mention, as they did not give me their name. Anyway....

I do wonder, why would someone think I need to take drugs to alter my state of reality. I learned long ago that I live in my own fantasy world. I mean for goodness sake, I trust the government, not completely, or that is more to say I actually have faith that they will do good. Of course my idealism is quickly shattered by pravda and then I become depressed and sad.

After I decide that ending it isn't an option, I go on believing that things can only get better from here on out and then they only get worse or sometimes, just every now and then, a glimmering spot comes around and something good happens for a change. It makes me so sick to think that really the world is really horror and disgust with an occasional "sunny day." But I think we have all just learned to live with it, either that or bottle it all away, as I have.

Of course, if this life was meant to be enjoyed most of us probably wouldn't be here. However in the end, everything is about the material world and possesion, which leads to power and idle promises, which leads to suffering and pain, which leads to hate and destruction, but ultimately a rebirth, though never in a new direction. Only a repetition of the same old thing.

Everything has already happened, and everything will happen again. There isn't a damn thing we can do to stop it and that is the way things are.

Now -- a song --

Heaven
A gateway to hope
Just like a feeling
I need, it's no joke

And though it hurts me
To see you this way
Betrayed by words
I'd never heard
Too hard to say them

Up, down, turn around; please don't let me hit the ground
Tonight I think I'll walk alone; find my soul as I go home

Up, down, turn around; please don't let me hit the ground
Tonight I think I'll walk alone; find my soul as I go home

Oh it's the last time, it's the last time
Oh it's the last time, it's the last time

Each way I turn
I know I'll always try
To break the circle
That has been placed round me

From time to time
I find I lost
Some meaning
That was urgent
To myself
I do believe

Oh, up, down, turn around; please don't let me hit the ground
Tonight I think I'll walk alone; find my soul as I go home

Oh, up, down, turn around; please don't let me hit the ground
Tonight I think I'll walk alone; find my soul as I go home

Oh it's the last time, it's the last time
Oh it's the last time, it's the last time

And I have never met anyone quite like you before
And I've never met anyone quite like you before

And I have never met anyone quite like you before
And I've never met anyone quite like you before

And I've never met anyone quite like you before
Oh, up, down, turn around; please don't let me hit the ground
Tonight I think I'll walk alone; find my soul as I go home

And I never met anyone quite like you before
Up, down, turn around; please don't let me hit the ground
Tonight I think I'll walk alone; find my soul as I go home

Up, down, turn around; please don't let me hit the ground
Tonight I think I'll walk alone; find my soul as I go home

Up, down, turn around; please don't let me hit the ground
Tonight I think I'll walk alone; find my soul as I go home

The show is over....bitch

Chappelle's Show is Done, Over, Not Gonna Happen!

well, anyway, I DUNNO.

I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally!