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My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. Now that I'm retired I still use GNU/Linux on every computer in my home except the smartphones which run Android/Linux.Lately, I've been giving lots of thought to the world I inherited and which I will leave to my descendants. I'm planting grass, trees, flowers and vegetables in my large lot and I've ordered a Solo EV. I plan to charge my Solo by means of a tracking solar array. Life is good if you have a purpose. I do.
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How 2022 Is Going, So Far
It’s not going well. On December 25, 2021, we had a small Christmas party. Everyone was free of symptoms, everyone was vaccinated and the number was small. What could possibly go wrong? 🙂 A week later, everyone had symptoms and … Continue reading
Posted in horticulture, politics, Uncategorized
Tagged garden, government, horticulture, politics
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Justice?
“The FBI will find you, no matter how long it takes or how far you run, and we will bring you to justice…” See Fugitive on the run for 46 years arrested in Española It has been said that justice delayed … Continue reading
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Wow! WP just informed me that I’ve made 55556 posts so far. I’m tired. Time for bed…
From Now On Comments Are Closed
I’m tired of dealing with #%$^##! like this in my blog: “your woeful little tricycle could plummet into a ravine, which would be “potential energy,” as unlikely and irrelevant as that event might be) is scalar. That “great detail” you feel … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged education, security, trolls, Trumpism
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Yet Another US Airline Does The Indecent Thing
“The video of the American Airlines encounter starts off with a woman sobbing as she holds a baby.”Just give me back my stroller please,” she says tearfully. A male passenger stands up and intervenes, apparently upset with how the woman’s situation … Continue reading
Diss United
I hate a lot. I hate M$, BillG, Intel, That Other OS, things that don’t work, stuff like that. Today, I saw how United Airlines treats passengers and operates more like a criminal gang than a proper business. I don’t … Continue reading
Magic Bullets Gain Velocity
“Scientists have recruited modified bacteria to help fight cancer, which successfully infiltrated tumors and activated the immune system to kill malignant cells, a new study reports. Tumors size decreased below detectable limits in 11 out of 20 mice that received … Continue reading
Global Warmth Reached Here
“A stretch of mild weather that significantly shrank the city’s monstrous snowbanks and turned roads and sidewalks into a sodden mess also marked the longest January period of above 0 C temperatures since 1873.” See 67 hours above freezing a record … Continue reading
Diving After DB Cooper
“The scientific team has been analyzing particles removed from the clip-on tie left behind by Cooper after he hijacked a Northwest Orient passenger jet in November 1971. A powerful electron microscope located more than 100,000 particles on old the JCPenny tie. … Continue reading
!$%####@! Snow-mobilers!
I have a corner lot. The road turns sharply at the corner and the ditch is narrow. That doesn’t give permission to the snow-mobilers to trespass on my yard but they’ve done it the last two winters. I was out … Continue reading
The Big Game
Chuckle. I just opened some spam in my “inbox”. It was an ad from Wal-mart, entitled, “Prepare for the Big Game”. I use a lot of zoom so my instinct was to extrapolate that as Big Game Hunt, feast, whatever, … Continue reading
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Tagged education, firearms, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, hunting
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Mining Water On Mars
“Scientists examined part of Mars’ Utopia Planitia region, in the mid-northern latitudes, with the orbiter’s ground-penetrating Shallow Radar (SHARAD) instrument. Analyses of data from more than 600 overhead passes with the onboard radar instrument reveal a deposit more extensive in … Continue reading