When you're sick...

When you're sick...

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Google - Yes, They're Evil

Google - Yes, They're Evil

Poor Julie :( Google should just hire her and pay her thousands of dollars to help all the librarians instead of paying the lawyers to cause a huge headache :( Please Google, give it up and let the lady be - Google Librarian -

How many licks does it take to get to Pluto...

The IAU members gathered at the 2006 General Assembly agreed that a "planet" is defined as a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.

This means that the Solar System consists of eight "planets" Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. A new distinct class of objects called "dwarf planets" was also decided. It was agreed that "planets" and "dwarf planets" are two distinct classes of objects. The first members of the "dwarf planet" category are Ceres, Pluto and 2003 UB313 (temporary name). More "dwarf planets" are expected to be announced by the IAU in the coming months and years. Currently a dozen candidate "dwarf planets" are listed on IAU's "dwarf planet" watchlist, which keeps changing as new objects are found and the physics of the existing candidates becomes better known.

Poor Pluto :(

Sesame Communications - Wikipedia...

Sesame Communications - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sesame Communications is where I work, and it is my first endevour in adding something to Wikipedia.

Manhole cover...

Manhole cover - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

"The first man-made object in space?
An urban legend claims that a manhole cover was accidentally launched from its shaft during an underground nuclear test in the 1950s, at great enough speed to leave the solar system. The story is based on a real incident in August 27, 1957 during the Operation Plumbbob nuclear tests, where a heavy steel plate cap was blasted off the test shaft at tremendous velocity, never to be seen again. It is not known if it actually left the atmosphere."

Girlfriend 6.0 vs. Wife 1.0

Girlfriend 6.0 vs. Wife 1.0

Last year a friend of mine upgraded from GirlFriend 6.0 to Wife 1.0 and found that it's a memory hog leaving very little system resources available for other applications. He is now noticing that Wife 1.0 is also spawning Child Processes which are further consuming valuable resources. No mention of this particular phenomena was included in the product brochure or the documentation, though other users have informed him that this is to be expected due to the nature of the application.

Not only that, Wife 1.0 installs itself such that it is always launched at system initialization, where it can monitor all other system activity. He's finding that some applications such as PokerNight 10.3, BeerBash 2.5, and PubNight 7.0 are no longer able to run in the system at all, crashing the system when selected (even though they always worked fine before). During installation, Wife 1.0 provides no option as to the installation of undesired Plug-Ins such as MotherInLaw 55.8 and BrotherInLaw Beta release. Also, system performance seems to diminish with each passing day.

Some features he'd like to see in the upcoming wife 2.0.

1. a "Don't remind me again" button
2. a Minimize button
3. An install shield feature that allows Wife 2.0 be installed with the option to uninstall at any time without the loss of cache and other system resources
4. An option to run the network driver in promiscuous mode which would allow the system's hardware probe feature to be much more useful.

I myself decided to avoid the headaches associated with Wife 1.0 by sticking with Girlfriend 7.0. Even here, however, I found many problems. Apparently you cannot install Girlfriend 7.0 on top of Girlfriend 6.0. You must uninstall Girlfriend 6.0 first. Other users say this is a long standing bug that I should have known about. Apparently the versions of Girlfriend have conficts over shared use of the I/O port. You think they would have fixed such a stupid bug by now. To make matters worse, The uninstall program for Girlfriend 6.0 doesn't work very well leaving undesirable traces of the application in the system. Another thing -- all versions of Girlfriend continually popup little annoying messages about the advantages of upgrading to Wife 1.0.

Bug Warning

Wife 1.0 has an undocumented bug. If you try to install Mistress 1.1 before uninstalling Wife 1.0, Wife 1.0 will delete MSMoney files before doing the uninstall itself. Then Mistress 1.1 will refuse to install, claiming insufficient resources.

Bug work-arounds: To avoid this bug, try installing Mistress 1.1 on a different system and never run any file transfer applications such as Laplink 6.0. Also, beware of similar shareware applications that have been known to carry viruses that may affect Wife 1.0. Another solution would be to run Mistress 1.1 via a UseNet provider under an anonymous name. Here again, beware of the viruses which can accidently be downloaded from the UseNet.

Tech Support Suggestions

These are very common problem men complain about, but is mostly due to a primary misconception. Many people upgrade from Girlfriend 6.0 to Wife 1.0 with the idea that Wife 1.0 is merely a Utilities & Entertainment program. Wife 1.0 is indeed an operating system and designed by its creator to run everything.

It is unlikely you would be able to purge Wife 1.0 and still convert back to Girlfriend 6.0. Hidden operating files within your system would cause Girlfriend 6.0 to emulate Wife 1.0 so nothing is gained. It is impossible to uninstall, delete, or purge the program files from the system once installed. You cannot go back to Girlfriend 6.0 because Wife 1.0 is not designed to do this.

Some have tried to install Girlfriend 7.0 or Wife 2.0 but end up with more problems than the original system. Look in your manual under "Warnings - Alimony/Child support". I recommend you keep Wife 1.0 and deal with the situation.

I suggest installing background application program C:\YES DEAR to alleviate software augmentation. Having installed Wife 1.0 myself, I might also suggest you read the entire section regarding General Partnership Faults (GPFs). You must assume all responsibility for faults and problems that might occur, regardless of their cause. The best course of action will be to enter the command C:\APOLOGIZE. In any case avoid excessive use of C:\YES DEAR because ultimately you may have to give the APOLOGIZE command before the operating system will return to normal. The system will run smoothly as long as you take the blame for all the GPFs.

Wife 1.0 is a great program, but very high-maintenance. Consider buying additional software to improve the performance of Wife 1.0. I recommend Flowers 3.1 and Diamonds 2K. Do not, under any circumstances, install Secretary with Short Skirt 3.3. This is not a supported application for Wife 1.0 and is likely to cause irreversible damage to the operating system.

Best of Luck,

Tech Support

We may be corrupt but not evil...

One of my co-workers showed this to me today. Click on the "Strictly Confidential" menu item at the top to read the scammers email and the responses. It's quite funny, I'm sure the guy had his whole office there laughing while coming up with stuff to send back to the scammer.

World News Enquirer...

I went to Safeway today to get some much needed groceries (the fridge was starting to get hungry). I was walking down one of the aisles and saw one of those black and white grocery store gossip news enquirer thingies laying on a shelf.

I looked at it and the front page was "Osama Bin Laden caught by Rednecks!" with a picture of Osama being chewed and jumped on by several german shepards and these hicks in their hunting outfits holding rifles and expressions reminiscent of the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou" and "Dueling Banjos" (OMG you have to watch that clip of extreme redneckness - so funny!!) being played in the background.

That was almost better than the infamous Batboy or Gorillagirl. Not to mention the aliens abducting the President. I think they have contests to see who can come up with the stupidest stuff to publish. The Men in Black must have read something that had dire consequences to Earth's survival to have run off and left it laying there like that though...



And remember, as Bob Barker always says ....

Hypnotized...

Yes, just let go and relax. I'm going to count down from 10 and then you will be completely relaxed. Let your body float where you are, look at one spot and gently focus there. Worries and doubts slip away. 10.... 9.... 8.... 7.... 6.... 5.... 4.... 3.... 2.... 1.... Good. You can feel life flowing around you, brushing past your thoughts as you feel warm and at peace.


Mmmm that was a good relaxing few minutes, brought to you by Billy Idol - Adam in Chains with a little interpretation and creative modification by me. It was very relxing though after a stressful day. Played with the layout on the Ironvine Search blog and started the Sesame Design blog.

Measure Success...

If success is measured by happiness, how successful are you?

1 - Tigger happy
2 - Roo bouncy
3 - Owl grins
4 - Pooh mellow
5 - Rabbit grumpy
6 - Eeyore gloomy
7 - Effalump miserable

Designer creates floating bed...

Designer creates floating bed - Yahoo! News

I can't wait to see this at IKEA. :)

Beach Bums...

I took my kids to the beach this weekend. It was really sunny and warm, until you got within 1/2-1 mile of the coast. Then it turned into a fog bank and pretty windy. It was still fun and very sandy. For some unknown reason kids seem to like to roll in sand. After a bath and a shower my daughter still had sand in her hair.

They had a lot of fun though. Went to Ocean Shores and Westport. It was a bit nice, if not windier at Westport, but the fog had burned off a good bit by the time we got there. Ended up going to McDonalds about 3 times, ugh. Not much choice though, when they gotta go they gotta go.

Kept the sand out of the new car as much as possible. Did a fairly good job of that, although keeping it out entirely is a futile endevour. The bathtub is another matter. It's drying out as we speak so I can vacuum it out later. Driving in sand is interesting. Front wheel drive really doesn't have the handling I am used to.

Someday I need to go somewhere with warm water. Being able to jump in a glacier river is all well and good, but I am a guppy and like the water, preferrably for more than 5 minutes at a time.

Designer Junk #3...

Each weekly meeting we have in the design team, we have a "designer junk decoration" contest where we bring in stuff and vote on what to put up.

There is some really weird stuff starting to decorate this place. It makes for a less stressful environment, but its definately not feng shui.

The life sized hula girls I can live with, but these mexican guys staring at me all day are a bit much. The cd player from last week has been fun though. We have these little battery powered speakers plugged into this giant cd deck its kinda funny.

Fortunately, we don't have any hubcaps or rusting car parts at least. Haven't stooped to redneckhood yet. Here is what I brought this week. Some nice truck warning plackards!

For aviation geeks...

For aviation geeks - grabbed from SearchEngineWatch Search Day #1368 Search Tools for Air Travelers

OK, these aren't really search tools, but are cool sites that I find interesting. The first is a Salon column called Ask The Pilot. Written by furloughed pilot Patrick Smith, it's a wide-ranging travel column, written from the perspective of a commercial airline pilot.Flight Daily is one of the premier industry trade journals for the aviation industry. In addition to news, the site also features some great video news of the industry.Speaking of video, FlightLevel350.com claims to have the largest collection of aviation video on the web. You can search for videos using a number of criteria such as aircraft type, airline, point-of-view and so on. And be sure to check out this incredible video of an F-18 visibly breaking the sound barrier.

Ajax Tutorial » Ajax Help » Ajax Resources

Ajax Tutorial » Ajax Help » Ajax Resources

Some basic AJAX code snippits and links or AJAX resources.

More Stupid People...

Driving to work this morning... going along in the fast lane (non HOV) behind a State Patrol car. This stupid guy driving solo in the HOV lane sees the Stater ahead of me, slows down and pulls over into the fast lane behind me. Well, not all Staters are dumb, so he pulls over into the slow lane to let the guy behind me go by. The guy knows he is busted at this point so he tries to slow down so the cop cant get behind him lol. Sure enough lights go on and they go to the shoulder. - Lesson: If you are driving solo in the fast lane and you see a cop, don't be dumb and look guilty. Suck it up and keep going like nothing is wrong. Pretend you have a short kid or something hehe.

Next one, going down the road a little ways toward the end of 167 in Renton, there is this lady following me doing her make up AND talking on the phone. All I could think was 'Please don't get that eyeshadow in your eye and rear end me.' If you're going to do make up, please get off the phone. People will understand that you need to butify yourself and can call them back. *sighs* Stupid People.