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Re: OpenOffice debuts analog joystick mouse

Michael — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:40:20 -0000

Geesh, It is not April 1st already is it???

Re: Karmic Koala displays bad karma

Michael — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:21:29 -0000

Kevin I worked in the software industry for a major vendor for over 20 years so I am well aware of the fact that software is released with bugs.

My issue is forcing a date versus quality. Releasing a buggy version just for the sake of making a date is never a good decision. It hurts you in the long run.

If you look at the statistics of problems above you also must taken into account that the average Linux user is a far more technical user than a windows or mac users. This means that when they were able to install with a few minor problems the average windows or mac user would find these bigger problems.

Doing a release like this just pushes away more people who might consider trying it.

I am just so disappointed after being so happy with the 9.04 release. Definitely a step backward!

Re: Karmic Koala displays bad karma

Michael — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:48:31 -0000

I too had problems with sound on the 9.10 install. Very disappointing to find a bug that caused it and that it was released with the known bug. The whole OSS, ALSA, PulseAudio sound fiasco is pretty bad. Shows the down side of open source and many alternatives.

Releasing every 6 months is more important than quality???? This is no way to try and build a following.

Even got me looking at going back to OpenSuse for my Linux Boxes.

Re: My Upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty

Michael — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:00:07 -0000

I have to agree that logging in with root is unwise. I have worked with systems for many years and only windows requires you to be an administrator to function properly. I started with Xenix well over over 20 years ago and have worked on many .nix systems and I have never found it necessary to be logged on as root.

But the bottom line is that it is your system, you are the king and the king gets to do as he pleases :)

Re: McCain/Palin Supporters Dissected

Michael — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:49:57 -0000

I'm a Libertarian so I didn't support McCain or Palin and I agree with you on most of your points. However, I'd disagree that Democrats sat silently by through this election with their hands in the lap when McCain's name came up. In my travels I've never seen such rude, overwhelming negative and downright asshats as the Democrats. I'm in the midwest which is highly conservative and here you do get a couple jeers from the right but not to the extreme as I've been from the left. I've seen people pushed, sworn at and even given the finger just for wearing a McCain button. I've never been ashamed to be an American...but I've been ashamed at how biting the left can be. I congratulate Obama on his win and am proud of the nation for looking past race. It's just so sad that we keep electing people because they are the lessor of two evils and not because we genuinely agree with their stance on issues. That's why I voted 3rd party this year and for the first time in decades I feel good about the choice I made.

Re: This Election Has Made Me More Liberal

Michael — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:34:11 -0000

The phrase "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" comes to mind reading your post. Rejecting your beliefs in libertarianism because you can't trust your fellow American is a dangerous road. You might as well put the training wheels on and require a test before voting to make sure only those that are smart enough can vote. You are bargaining freedom and liberty just so we can "get by" and head in the right direction. This is fundamentally a flawed way of thinking because we are human. You are setting up a circumstance where corruption will breed at the top of the scale. It won't be long before these efforts evolve into the mentality of "just pay your taxes and trust us...we know what's best for you stupid folks who shouldn't be voting or have a voice anyhow"... You sir, are playing with fire.

Re: This Election Has Made Me More Liberal

Michael — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:28:56 -0000

Don't think of it completely as adding more freedom....that can be a gradual process. Think of it as moving the responsibility from the Federal level to the State level. This is the heart of the governing Libertarian approach. Break the problem down into pieces to be dealt with locally. That way there are multiple solutions to the same problems so that they can all be vetted and the best solution will bubble up to the top. I completely agree what we are doing now isn't working...continuing on this path won't work....surrendering ideals and returning to other paths already shown to fail won't work either. If you want an omelette you gotta break some eggs....

In the end...we need to hold people accountable and make them take personal responsibility. That's what has been missing for the last 20 years. Stop the bailouts, stop the handouts start using the laws that are already on the books.

Re: The Sad Irony of Who Voted For Prop 8

Michael — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:00:40 -0000

Don't fret...I'm sure the new Democratic administration will remove the current Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 and reinstate the Marriage penalty so married people will end up paying more taxes to support the continued unbalanced budget. Then all married couples and civil unions will be treated equally. Oops...was that out loud?!!??!

Re: Jujitsu Update [November 2008]

Michael — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:34:10 -0000

I'd love to do the Jujitsu thing more often, but time is killing me. I've been in traditional martial arts the last 2.5 years and taking an MMA class for the last 2. I hear ya. We bring in specialists into MMA so that's the only Jujitsu I get but it's good stuff. We just had Steve Maxwell visit for a few weeks and he was amazing. My key to it all it not doing it back to back during the week. I need at least 24 hours if not 48 between sessions or I'm just cruising for a bruising....course I'm over 40 now. :) So you into BJJ or what?

Re: 25 Questions to Ask During an Information Security Interview

Michael — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:02:36 -0000

My favorite question is "Prove to me you can protect my network". Poor candidates begin speaking about technology and solutions, good candidates talk about their previous experience, and great candidates take a high level view of the issue and speak about how they will help promote change, get management on board and begin to address the true scope of this open ended question.

Re: Startup Fundraising 101

Michael — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:02:55 -0000

Very nice summary, however having been part of 2 failed very well funded startups ($50M each, a 3-year stint on each), I would argue about the presence of the A people or what is defined as A people.

The lessons learned in those major failures is that an A people can be effectively attractive to get some exposure and 'apparent' credibility, however, these A people are generally high-maintenance and would want a personal assistant, an army of people (the more you manage people, the more you are credible) and tend to confuse the company money with their own and their ego tend to be way bigger than their technical, market or business analysis skills...while they excel in hanging around with the cool kids...

So these A people have a tendency to make it easy to make the company finance slip and make the US military budget for Iraq look amateur in comparison...moreover these A people are *very* difficult to get rid of... when there is a large amount of money available... hard decisions tend to differ and bad people are let to stick around and given somewhat a free pass to do whatever they want and sink company resources into their pet project...

I have found through those experiences that what you really do not want in a startup is someone that is coming from being a VP or product manager or anything like that from a large corporation. Those are generally people that may shine in those corporate environments but are at loss when they dont have a working established product, a prestigious company name, and a large amount of staff to do coffee, buy flight tickets, organize schedule, do some graphics, do some slides...etc...

These profiles I would argue may be suitable when the startup is no more a startup but a well established company with an established product and arrays of customers (or users), and they would take it even further to the next level. Otherwise, those guys are the type of people that will make your startup die, as they are far from appropriate for the product definition phase and are a huge liability.

Re: What Counts As “Criminal” Speech?

Michael — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:04:44 -0000

The right way to do this is for a V-chip to de-scramble adult content, rather than block it. Then everything even remotely controversial could be scrambled. An adult wanting entertainment for adults could turn on the descrambling chip. If you have kids, you leave it off, and half your TV programs are scrambled. Old TV sets would get scrambled content. If you want adult stuff, buy a new TV, or a descrambler box.

The scrambled content could be rated as to reason -- language, sex, violence, etc., and the box could selectively descramble. This would be the perfect solution for adults -- they would just switch the box on all the way, and get uncensored content. And if they turn off the box, the TV is safe for the kiddies (if boring!)

Do you suppose a government would ever take this approach?

Re: National ID sneaked through

Michael — Wed, 11 May 2005 18:35:00 -0000

So is it going to be illegal for me to demagnetize this thing, or zap it for a few seconds in the microwave to fry any chips in it?

Re: L’enfant aux 4 ultraportables !!! - By Pierre Lecourt - eeepc, MSI WIND U100 - Blogeee.net

Michael — Tue, 20 May 2008 04:41:13 -0000

> Encore plus délirant, tous les gosses de l’images semblent avoir sur leur pupitre plusieurs milliers d ‘euros de camelote

Oh le beau lancé de troll :-D

Re: Le EeePC 901 sur commande à 379,90€ chez TopAchat.com - By Pierre Lecourt - - Blogeee.net

Michael — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:12:29 -0000

Si quelqu'un appel topAchat, est-ce que ce serait possible de leur demander si ils comptent avoir des versions linux ?

Re: Des EeePC 901 dans les FNAC parisiennes. - By Pierre Lecourt - 901, asus, dispo, eeepc, fnac - Blogeee.net

Michael — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:28:59 -0000

/mode espoir
Y'a-t-il, dans un de ces magasins, des versions linux du 901 dispo ?

Re: Des EeePC 901 dans les FNAC parisiennes. - By Pierre Lecourt - 901, asus, dispo, eeepc, fnac - Blogeee.net

Michael — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:11:48 -0000

Je pourrais effacer windows, mais j'ai deux problèmes avec ça :
- les 8Go de disque en moins
- le fait de donner des sous a m$ pour rien (ils en ont assez comme ça) et par la même occasion de fausser les stats en faveur de windows.

Je préfère nettement attendre une version linux, histoire de montrer aux fabricants que si, il y a un marché pour ces machines ! Sans quoi, il n'auront aucune raison de re-proposer du linux sur les modèles à venir.

Re: La EeeBox disponible aux US pour 350$ - By Pierre Lecourt - asus, dispo, disponibilité, eeebix, prix - Blogeee.net

Michael — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:11:10 -0000

"Un bon moyen pour le logiciel libre de continuer sa percée dans les foyers."

Oui, sans aucun doute ... si elle était trouvable ailleurs que sur du papier cette version linux !!!

Re: Le Dell 12″ est-il un netbook ? - By Pierre Lecourt - 12", dell, netbook, sondage - Blogeee.net

Michael — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:40:15 -0000

Pour moi, ça sort du type de portable sur lequel je cherche des infos en venant sur blogeee.
Cette machine s'apparente plus un petit ordinateur "normal" que à un netbook, malgrès l'utilisation d'un proc Atom.

Re: McCain/Palin Supporters Dissected

Michael — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:49:57 -0000

Re: This Election Has Made Me More Liberal

Michael — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:34:11 -0000

Re: This Election Has Made Me More Liberal

Michael — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:28:56 -0000

Re: The Sad Irony of Who Voted For Prop 8

Michael — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:00:40 -0000

Re: Jujitsu Update [November 2008]

Michael — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:34:10 -0000

Re: 25 Questions to Ask During an Information Security Interview

Michael — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:02:36 -0000