While I’m not usually one to cry foul, it’s been fascinating to watch both sides of the NSA spying issues roll out in front of the American people. I especially enjoyed the press conference when we were literally told, “its not illegal- trust us”, before he patted us on the head and told us to head back to the jungle-gym. Regardless of the side of the issue you reside, you should probably make your voice heard- Keep in mind writing a letter has a lot more power than sending an email.
A whole career with an unnamed wireless carrier has come and gone in the time between my last post and present. Considering the grueling hours and the insane customers, this was (virtually) a thankless job. Admittedly, I didn’t have the freedom some people do when dealing with the ‘public’, so I couldn’t tell them to fuck off. My last day there was a hideous conglomeration between sassy-entitled-college-girls and senior citizen who insisted the phone hardware was scheming against them At any rate, I left without giving a 2 week notice, since this would defeat my primary goal of getting-the-hell-out-of-there. I’ve worked retail before, but never have I met so many people who truly believed they had a right to be abusive. Several claimed to have problems with their equipment that haven’t been seen since radios inception.
On a completely different Tack, I’m done with Windows Vista. I was excited to join the Microsoft Windows Vista Consumer Preview Program, which came with legitimate key and legal use until June 2007. Unfortunately, without 2gb of ram, the system was extremely slow, halting, and crashing erratically. Despite numerous sources, compatibility was still a problem with the majority of software I usually run. You would think a public beta would have less bugs, but they made no guarantees. Besides, the information they gathered from the public was ten times their internal testing staff.
Nlite- a fantastic utility for creating an unattended install of Windows XP. The benefits of this are simplicity, removal of useless software at the base level and integration of almost anything you want- preinstalled.Link of the Day: JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank
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