Disqus - Latest Comments for William "Papa" Meloney

Re: Is my candidate too elite? (Scripting News)

William "Papa" Meloney — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:17:50 -0000

Just how many angels can dance on the head of your pin? From you of all people I expected a sense of intellectual fair play, not semantic jousting. You are little better than the power-elite that would derail an honest man and his efforts.

Have a 'nice' day.

Re: Social networks are destroying blogging

William "Papa" Meloney — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:22:33 -0000

First of all - thanks for the props.

The WinExtra Community, while fewer in numbers, far exceeds the value of the FaceB community in my book. Real people gathering together to share real lives. That is what community is about.

Re: Bad bad bloggers - you’re destroying our culture

William "Papa" Meloney — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:42:25 -0000

Smooth move dude! Now you've done it. Gone and ruined humanity for the rest of us. Sheeeeesh!

Re: The Marketer’s are Marketing Themselves Again

William "Papa" Meloney — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:08:39 -0000

Contrary to popular belief Marketing is the world's oldest profession... after all, you have to show your <strike>under</strike>wares before you consummate the transaction.

Re: Thanks a lot Paul

William "Papa" Meloney — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:38:19 -0000

You need to get out more.

Re: And yet another powder puff for the A-Listers

William "Papa" Meloney — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:51:16 -0000

Ol' Southern Wisdom: Ya'll lay down with BIG dawgs ya'll git big fleas... When ya'll let loose at them BIG dawgs with a double-barrel load of rock salt all ya'll end up with is BIG angry dawgs.

Good luck...

Re: How $1.12 per month is better than free

William "Papa" Meloney — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:56:53 -0000

Color me confused!!! I can legally buy one copy of MS Office and install it on three computers???

Re: Has the Internet turned us into book surfers?

William "Papa" Meloney — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:07:41 -0000

Only yesterday I was reflecting, with a heavy heart, that we only have one book store in this entire town. Very sad!

Re: Here’s a hint - Not everyone lives in the U.S.

William "Papa" Meloney — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:23:49 -0000

heck fire, folks hereabouts in Kin-tuck don' even enjoy them privileges neither... :)

Re: A shout out to the gang at TigerDirect.ca

William "Papa" Meloney — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:53:05 -0000

I am glad to hear that somebody (bodies) are having a good TigerDirect experience... As a IT pro I am having trouble with TD.us getting even simple orders filled. (e.g. more than a week to get one CPU fan)

Re: Guitar Man!

William "Papa" Meloney — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:29:14 -0000

see the movie 'August Rush' - I am not sure if the kids really plays but it is a good movie with great music...

Re: The 80/20 Rule

William "Papa" Meloney — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:56:32 -0000

20% of the people volunteer, 80% say they should.
20% of the volunteers do 80% of the work.
100% of the people benefit from the 5% who contribute.

Re: The politicians come begging tech for money

William "Papa" Meloney — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:18:41 -0000

[Tongue-in-cheek] Yes Robert there is a Santa Claus ...and... Edwards wants money. But it wasn't money that he was/is after in courting your voice. I think Edwards was/is just reading the writing on the ... blog! The money, or real value, that you offer is FREE name exposure. Every time you mention his candidacy or any part of the process Edwards gets his name in front of all those "eye balls".

Re: Expertise is free, resources are not…

William "Papa" Meloney — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:26:01 -0000

I think this dove-tails well with the assertion you are putting forth... http://www.telco2.net/blog/2006/09/profiting_fr...

Re: Washington State sues Apple over the use of ‘Apple’ and ‘Macintosh’

William "Papa" Meloney — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:46:29 -0000

God sues Apple over the use of "I" -- sorry, couldn't resist.

Re: Protecting Software and Customers from Counterfeiters?

William "Papa" Meloney — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:22:26 -0000

"Iâ€™m a firm believer that most people will only steal when they have to."

I sooooo want to believe you. I so much so want to believe that the loaves of bread that are stolen only go the feed the hungry family of the thief. I so much so want that to be true...

But, in this day and age I believe that software, anybody's software, is seen through the smoked-glass spectacles of the early years of Microsoft's Windows 3.something... NOT that copying it was right(!!!) but rather that Microsoft didn't "seem to mind" the copying. (Wholly not true but that was the perception.)

I don't believe that Joe Average is capable of clearly distinguishing between the hard work of select programmers, trying to eek out a living, and the mega-business-monoliths that are just trying to exact a fair price for their product. As such there is little concern on Joe's part which software he or she "uses" in what ever legal or illegal fashion.

This is a matter of perception and a flawed one at that. We should pay for every program we use. I just don't believe that Joe Average maintains the same perception.

sorry...just my $0.02

Re: Protecting Software and Customers from Counterfeiters?

William "Papa" Meloney — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:56:04 -0000

Doug:

I had hoped that others would have joined the fray here... but alas... I have prepared a response of some length and have posted same at In Response to Doug Karr...

Regards,

- Papa

Re: One browser feature that would take the market!

William "Papa" Meloney — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 10:06:17 -0000

Doug:

Please don't hate Blogspot because it is beautiful... You gotta love it's save-your-work-on-the-fly functionality...

Or, you could compose your posts in Google Docs which also has an auto-save functionality.

Re: This is a Tribute, to the Greatest Blog Post in the World…

William "Papa" Meloney — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:24:16 -0000

Hey Doug:

I gotta say it is a little unnerving that you are watching over my shoulder...just how is it that you knew I had deleted 3+ drafts that just weren't 'tunable'? Huh?

Good one!

- Papa

Re: Killing Me (Blog) Softly

William "Papa" Meloney — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:17:25 -0000

I guess I am not surprised. I have little enough time to scan RSS feeds let alone visit individual blog sites. (Blame the whole matter on me!) To make matters worse, if a blogger doesn't offer a full feed I generally can't afford to read the blurb and _then_ have to go to the site to finish the offering. (Sorry, blame me again, it is all my fault.)

Re: The America You Won’t Find on TV

William "Papa" Meloney — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:36:03 -0000

Brought tears to my eyes. Thanks

Re: I’m not going to Barnes and Nobles Today!

William "Papa" Meloney — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:12:39 -0000

hoppy bird day two ewes
hoppy bird day two ewes
hoppy bird day dear Doug
hoppy bird day two ewes

Re: On weight, denials, and goal setting

William "Papa" Meloney — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:44:33 -0000

Simple law of the conservation of energy... if you don't burn it you conserve it. 5KG is roughly 38500 calories. If you burn 38500 more calories than you take in you will lose 5KG. So cutting down on food intake is essential.

Exercise is valuable in the equation but is not an alternative to reducing caloric intake. Exercise is too expensive a means of burning calories to be cost effective - only very wealth folks can literally afford to spend enough time exercising to offset unregulated eating.

Here is an oversimplified scenario: I am 6'-0" and currently 204lbs, My BMI is 25-29.9 (sound familiar?) More important than BMI is my BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate - how many calories I burn if I were to lay in bed all day) 1875 is my BMR. That means that if I eat 1500 calories per day and get out of bed and go to work and lead a normal life I will easily burn 2000 to 2500 calories per day. 500 to 1000 calories per day burned means that I will lose 1 lb (3500 calories) every 3.5 to 6 days... with no exercise at all.

Sounds too easy right? I like to eat. That is what is really difficult. I bring new meaning to the concept of 'Comfort Food'. So for this to work for me I had to change my thinking. I had to decide whether I wanted 1 piece of 450 calorie pie (yeah, I did look it up) or several (3) small portions of Apple Sauce (50 calories each) spread through my day. HINT: small portions spread through the day dispel hunger and are not very caloric expensive.

Colin you hit the nail on the head, "... there’s too much good tasting food in this world," In this day and age where there are so few real pleasures (legal ones anyway) good tasting food certainly ranks high. So my challenge to you is to really taste the food that you enjoy. I have come to relish and celebrate the flavors and textures of the food that I eat. Not the quantity - but the quality.

And the last bit... there are days when I just want to enjoy 6 well dressed tacos and savory rice and those delicious refried beans ... so I do. I know the law of conservation. It will just take me a little longer to burn off those 'extra' calories. Occasionally I just give myself to enjoy.

So, how is it working? Before the holidays I topped the scale at 221lbs - the most I have ever weighed. On Jan 1 I started keeping track and score - no sense fighting the holiday food fests. On Jan 1 I weighed in at 215. This morning I weighed in at 204.5. (YMMV: 10.5 lbs in 25 days = ~.42lb lost per day or roughly 1400 calories burned over my BMR per day.) Yeah, it works.

(P.S. Thanks, I always wanted to write this down.)

Re: Win an Amazon.com gift voucher

William "Papa" Meloney — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:18:29 -0000

Please consider giving it to the next person who comments.

Thanks

- Papa

Re: On time?

William "Papa" Meloney — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:52:07 -0000

This is easy for me to say and difficult to implement. I run my "non-time-zone-critical" systems in UTC. For example as I type this it is 11:51 UTC even though I am in the Central Timezone (USA). The beauty of course is that it is 11:51 UTC where you are as well. Just a thought... Happy scheduling.

Re: Time for a change

William "Papa" Meloney — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:18:40 -0000

It has never been just about the technology. Always interesting, the prospect of a 'bumpy' ride - it makes life really worth living - even the downward slopes.

Re: WP2.5 Upgrade complete

William "Papa" Meloney — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:28:30 -0000

Well done!

Re: UniTTY

William "Papa" Meloney — Thu, 10 May 2007 22:45:04 -0000

When I was working with an OpenMosix cluster UniTTY was handy for doing the same thing to identical members of the cluster without having to log into each individually.

Re: hey it’s my birthday

William "Papa" Meloney — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:39:09 -0000

HBD! Oh to be 27 again... (WEG)

- Papa

Re: coffee-fi

William "Papa" Meloney — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:44:00 -0000

Toooo many syllables .... What you meant to say was... "Coffi " ?

Re: Henry David Thoreau

William "Papa" Meloney — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:21:04 -0000

Thank you.

Re: Watching: Customer Service is the New Marketing

William "Papa" Meloney — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:45:11 -0000

For many years now I have responded to my co-worker's, "What computer should I buy?" (they seem to think us IS guys know something about PCs) with this stock answer: When, not if, you PC needs support who offers the best Customer Service?