For those who work on bus or maybe have to deal with this at work, I present Pat Williams, defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings, weighing in at 300+ pounds:
Pat Williams – “Yes, I’m playing next week.“
In other news, I’m somewhat surprised how many stars are on my map. Kinda spiffy.
Democracy (mob rule) is like the foxes guarding the henhouse and voting on what to have for dinner.
A republic is when the chickens are armed.
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I’ve always said that fundamentally liberalism is an attack on human nature, if you think that liberalism is the essence of making people do that which they would not do if they were free to choose. (Short audio clip: Jason Lewis Show, 12_10_08, 5pm)
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Another smart talk radio host with lots of great points that really isn’t accomplishing anything, unfortunately. And the government is looking to shut them down eventually.
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“The players and the union are thrilled,” Jeffrey Kessler, an attorney for the NFL Players Association, told The Associated Press. Kessler said the judge’s timeframe is long enough that the players can finish the season and go to the playoffs if their teams make it that far.
For those not following the story, 5 NFL players were suspended for taking Starcaps, which have a NFL-banned substance but the substance is not listed on the Starcaps list of ingredients. Unfortunately, Starcaps is a dietary supplement, and the NFL said "BE CAREFUL TAKING DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS, SOME OF THEM DON’T LIST ALL THE INGREDIENTS IF YOU ARE NOT SURE CALL US TO FIND OUT IF YOU TAKE SOMETHING THAT HAS A BANNED SUBSTANCE THAT IS NOT LISTED YOU WILL HAVE NO EXCUSES." Sorry for yelling. Anyway, the point of the matter is that the players are under contract (legally speaking) and they breached their contract and the NFL was going to punish them as specified in the contract until the players appealed to the government and the government is now going to decide if the players need to abide by their contract or not.
Moral of the story? If you sign a contract and you later change your mind, just as the government to interfere. Like, say, with your mortgage.
Slashdot Poll: I Backup My Personal Data..
First post:
Backup? Never.
My personal data isn’t worth backing up.
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Slackware 12.2 Released
“Well folks, it’s that time to announce a new stable Slackware release again. So, without further ado, announcing Slackware version 12.2! Since we’ve moved to supporting the 2.6 kernel series exclusively (and fine-tuned the system to get the most out of it), we feel that Slackware 12.2 has many improvements over our last release (Slackware 12.1) and is a must-have upgrade for any Slackware user.”
First post:
Great Work!
I’m sure both of you still using Slackware will be very pleased!
Reply:
I’m sure both of you still using Slackware will be very pleased!
There’s somebody else?
Don’t complain. You don’t have to read this.
Oh, this morning (3AMish) I was editing some PowerTrip morning show. Funniest stuff I’ve heard in a long while. Then I realized: no one is going to listen to this. I closed without saving. Probably lost thirty minutes of work.
I found out this morning around 4AM that my old Belkin router actually works just fine. The problem is Windows XP, not the router. Windows XP doesn’t natively support WPA2. A little quote from Neosmart:
The only problem? Windows XP isn’t compatible with WPA2-secured networks without a special update for WPA2 encryption support. That’s understandable, after all, WPA2 didn’t come out until after Windows XP SP2. But the problem is, it’s not even on Windows Update! Windows Update, always quick on the mark with the monthly Malicious Software Removal tool and other recommended updates surprised us by not showing the littlest inkling that there was an update as important to security as WPA2 available for download. It’s been available for manual download – only with Genuine Advantage validation – from Microsoft since May 2005… That’s a long time to be waiting! ((Direct Download Link: KB893357))
So, I didn’t know that I had turned on WPA2 and that XP didn’t support it. I know I had turned on WPA on my router because I knew that WEP is worthless, but I guess I must have tried WPA2 also. After turning on WPA2, I couldn’t connect to the network. Quick conclusion? Something’s wrong with the router. So I dropped $40 on one and I didn’t have too. Hurray.
Well, looks like I’m going back to college.
Just kidding. I’m in the process of acquiring a part-time job, M-F, 8-noon along with hours every other Saturday. It’s not really like college, because:
But I should be pretty busy.* Hurray. Now for that 40" HDTV so we can have bus parties at my place…
Ok, not really. I need to talk about my podcast-listening experience. Soon. Very soon.
*That’s the one similarity in case you’re not bright enough to get it.
So I just updated to a fall theme as winter rolls in. Brilliant of me. I’ll try to get a winter theme up soon…
Ok, well, I don’t really have much to say, it’s just been so long that I (almost) feel bad.
I haven’t read Slashdot in a while. I just opened it up a few minutes ago and saw:
Doctor Performs Amputation By Text Message 2008-12-03 18:50
Posted by samzenpus on 2008.12.03 18:50
from the l33t-5ki11z dept.
Medicine
Peace Corps Online writes "Vascular surgeon David Nott performed a life-saving amputation on a boy in DR Congo following instructions sent by text message from a colleague in London. The boy’s left arm had been ripped off and was badly infected and gangrenous; there were just 6in (15cm) of the boy’s arm remaining, much of the surrounding muscle had died and there was little skin to fold over the wound. ‘He had about two or three days to live when I saw him,’ Nott said. Nott, volunteering with the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres, knew he needed to perform a forequarter amputation requiring removal of the collar bone and shoulder blade and contacted Professor Meirion Thomas at London’s Royal Marsden Hospital, who had performed the operation before. ‘I texted him and he texted back step by step instructions on how to do it,’ Nott said."
Pretty amazing, but that’s not why I posted that. Recently, Slashdot has begun letting users tag stories with relevant words to group similar stories. For instance, some of the tags for this story are "science, medicine, sms," and the one that made me laugh and is the reason for this whole post, "canyouhearmenow."
(Tags have to be one word: "can you hear me now" would be five separate, unrelated tags.)
In other, unrelated news, after the Wild’s 6-5 loss to the Avelanche, Tenna-B (aka Brandon Mileski), the producer of the Common Man program, guaranteed the Common Man that in their next game the Wild would not give up 4 goals. As a matter of fact, he went so far as to say that if the Wild would give up four goals, he would pack up and leave town.
Good thing they won 4-0.
I can’t find the official stat, but Monday – the aforementioned 6-5 loss to the Avs – was the first time in team history that the Wild lost a game when they had scored 5 goals. I think they were around 65-0-1. That’s pretty impressive.
Oops. So I’m against white text over a background image. Also, in general, I’m against background images. But, overall, I like my new theme. It does need some more color tweaking, but I’ve had enough for now. The right side can be dragged and dropped around (or closed) by the user, and the settings will be saved via cookies. Pretty nifty.
Copy the list, highlight the ones you’ve done, post it on your blog, and let me know if you do.
1. Started your own blog (since summer of ‘04. what a ride it’s been…)
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (good times. would love to again.)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain (Twice in Montana)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang/played a solo (Ambassadors Quartet, Summer 2005 – Spring 2006; Messiah, Fall 2006)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (Coding is Art 
)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables (Helped the parents count?)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train (Possibly, when I was very young)
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort (Calvin and Hobbes)
25. Held a lamb (Possibly…)
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse (I was there, but I can’t really say I saw it)
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run (Probably kicked a few too, kickball)
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community (Might have seen, don’t really recall)
36. Taught yourself a new language (See #14)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing (Kinda…)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt (I think we did… or maybe we were just planning on it?)
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa (eh, I could have… passed up…)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight (Israel)
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia (Ummmm?)
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (and saw the guy next to me pass out )
65. Gone sky diving (but I’d love to!)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (Well, maybe being to both Holocaust museums – USA and Israel – counts?)
67. Bounced a check (long long time ago)
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial (Ahhh, senior trip’in)
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (eh, not that stupid. got a 2006 in 2007 though)
83. Walked in Jerusalem (see http://icynemo.us/israel/ )
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible (NT and OT Survey, funfunfun)
86. Visited the White House (I think we did… 2004 was so long ago)
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (Congressman…)
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Made a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person (Choir tour – twice. Meh.)
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone (I’m on #3)
99. Been stung by a bee (K or 1 grade – very long ago)
Would like to hit a few and miss a few of the remaining unbolded ones 
Italics for the would-be-hits