Archive for November, 2008
Walmart Trample – Indicative of Blind Selfishness
Nov 28th
A Wal-Mart employee in suburban New York died after being trampled by a crush of shoppers who tore down the front doors and thronged into the store early Friday morning, turning the annual rite of post-Thanksgiving bargain hunting into a frenzy. Reference
The only reason something as such occured is because the people entering the store were entirely focused on what they were going to purchase. Their mindset was “I need to get that before someone else does”. People were so engrossed on acquiring items they actually trampled over someone else. I have heard the term tunnel vision used and it seems applicable to this occurence. Simply incredible that people could run past another person lying on the floor, most likely not moving, or at minimum apparently in distress. A person does not die instantly from being trampled therefore people continued to run past the injured employee. This is an example of widespread selfishness. People were incredibly overwhelmed with the idea of saving money during these economically miserable times; so overwhelmed that money was more important than life.
Virtualbox Official iPhone Support
Nov 24th
The recent Virtualbox update comes equipped with official iPhone support. There was a previous patch/hack released which modified the usb kernel module in Ubuntu distributions, but this was not an easy fix for other distributions. The new release makes iPhone use with iTunes nice and easy. Linux users have been long awaiting the ability to sync their iPhone in a Windows XP virtual machine; we wanted this to ditch are completely unnecessary Windows partitions and now we can. So go for it everyone, delete that Windows partition and load up some new free space for all those extra tid bits we have on our computers.
Linux the Future – Yippe I Will Eventually Have a Job
Nov 15th
With the economy uncertain and Microsoft Vista failing to gain overwhelming acceptance, many IT departments are considering a migration to Linux. Reference
I don’t know when it will be, but its coming quick. The simple reason that companies need to pay for Windows products will lead to abandonment. Why pay for products when you can get the same work done for free. Linux is clearly the solution, and with rapidly developing systems such as Ubuntu, there is no reason in the near future to continue to pay the large license requirements of Microsoft products. Ubuntu has faster security updates than Windows, and is substantially at less risk to infection and spyware. Right now Linux implementation seems to be a no brainer, but corporation are stubborn and are hanging on to the tail of a dying elephant. Windows products are paid for by corporations because there is an underlying notion that paying for a product gets better support; but this metholodoly is quickly failing. Open source products have the benifit of millions of eyes to fix bugs, and make improvements. Open source will produce superior products by all means, and all that is needed is a little more time for the status quo of Open Source products to reach the stability and reliability requirements of enterprise applications. For servers Apache is the status quo; open source. For desktops Microsoft still reigns because the software requirements are much more daugnting. With projects broken down substantially, such as Gnome, and KDE desktop environments the development of independently stable applications is inevitable.
Wireless Electricity – What Tesla Started
Nov 15th
Started over 100 years ago by Nikola Tesla, the concept of transmitting electricity wirelessly is catching on fast. The dominant player is intel, but smaller companies such as Wild Charge prove that there is something substantive and viable making the recharging of devices easier and more convenient. While Wild Charge does not transmit energy wireless it does substantially simplify the recharging process. Resonant inductance can sync magnetic fields in such a way that power apparently flows, or jumps, empty space. Based on the fundamental properties of inductors and magnetic fields devices that require recharging will not require a direct connection to draw power. A rechargeable device can be situated nearby the power source, and without a wired connection can successfully draw enough energy to recharge the device. Tesla was a big dreamer and envisioned this type of technology transmitting energy all over the world. He wanted to sync the Earth’s magnetic field with devices; now thats big. Without a doubt he was ahead of his time, and there were and are definitely effects on biological systems. The extend that genetic, and molecular damage can occur is unclear, but without a doubt the concent originated by Tesla is effective at transmitting energy wirelessly.
Advertising Adsense – Viral Marketing
Nov 14th
I don’t know. I simply do not know. I want to know 
All experienced people know the make money online thing. Its a hype driven system. Make a person believe they can achieve success and they will buy your product. Make an Ebook and say it the secret to something and people with buy it; people will buy anything. Its so played out, and dam near frustrating to see so many gullible people other there that actually need an Ebook to say that they can make money selling the very same type of Ebook. People are making money showing other people how to say the exact same things that they are saying. Do you want to know the secrets to achieving your goals? Do you want to quit your daily 9-5 grind? Do you want to achieve your dreams and make millions of dollars easily? Then this is the right program for you! I will show you in 5 easy steps how to achieve everything that life is made for. Never work a 9-5 again, and this is only step 1. Step 2 your life will kick into high gear, and you will be propelled into tremendous prosperity. You will learn in my 5 step program how to turn your ideas into reality, and create what others only dream of. Have you ever wondered how people make 30k per week? How about paying off your mortgage, and all your credit cards in a matter of days not weeks? This is all possible by the time you reach step 3. Steps 1, 2 and 3 are easy and step 4 makes everything all that much simpler. By the time you reach step 4 you will be lounging on a 6 figure income paying people to do what you did in your previous job. Do you want to have such freedoms? Do you want luxury? Do you want the ability to live your fantasies and never work another day in your life, then my 5 step program is exactly what you need. When you reach step 5 you will understand exactly what my program was designed to teach. You will be the teacher and free of every burned ever placed on you. When you reach step 5 you have achieved what most people never achieve. You will be free!
What if your Dream is Impossible to Achieve?
Nov 14th
Where should the line be drawn between dreaming and being delusional? How long should someone wait before realizing a dream is impossible? How long should someone try to attain a dream before realizing time is being wasted? Sometimes I have a great sense of unease contemplating these topics. I have dreams, big ideas that I would like to achieve. Are they reasonable? They are indeed rational and possible, but are they likely? I don’t know. They are definitely not going to happen right now. I will have to wait, but waiting is not easy, and it continuously breaks off pieces of your soul. What is peace of mind? What does it feel like? Is it that feeling when you just wake up in the morning? Is it excitement? I find life strange. I don’t think there is purpose to life; although its obvious that people can assign a fabricated purpose to it. Assigning purpose is a means of justifying desires and ones existence. If a person has no purpose, and there is no reason to exist that definitely leads to depression. Having a purpose is exciting, but achieving your designated purpose is not always instantaneous; and waiting is frustrating. I guess a lot of how I feel is because of the economic meltdown in the US. I basically graduated college and the US job market evaporated leaving little opportunity to achieve big things. Basically the job market is in survival mode, meaning that if you can bring in 20-30K per year you are lucky. Minimum wage jobs are even hard to find!
