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jueves, enero 11, 2007

Laura Branigan 1957 - 2004

Emoticón actual:  horrorizado/a

I promised in my last blog that I was going to write about my favorite musician.  Well, that will have to wait for another blog.  In the meantime, I will talk about a very talented and beautiful singer who I just learned is sadly no longer with us.

Laura Branigan is a 1980s singer who is most famous for two hits: The late 1982 "Gloria" ( Gloria (Gloria), I think they got your number (Gloria)) and the mid-1984 "Self Control" (Oh, the night is my world ... You take my self, you take my self control)

On the same album as "Gloria", she had another, not as well-known, early 1983 hit, "Solitare".  I'm not sure "Gloria" and "Solitare" had videos.  This was before MTV was available all across America, so it was still possible for a song to hit the top 40 without a video.  By the time "Self Control" came out, a video was necessary for a popular song, so Laura obliged and the result is the very beautiful Laura in a very surrealistic video.

Of course, Laura didn't need a video for me to appreciate her.  I enjoyed "Gloria" and "Solitare", of course, and didn't have MTV when "Self Control" came out.

Only tonight, when thinking about her and wondering what happened to her, did I find out she died a couple of years ago, in August of 2004.  She was only 47 when she passed away.  This is far too young for someone to die, especially someone as talented and beautiful as Laura was.

It looks like Laura's last years were not the best.  Her husband died in the mid 1990s; in 2004, there was some argument over what web site was her official site, with two websites to this day claiming to be her official site.  As far as I can tell, this one is the official site, and the other one is the imposter.

My prayers are with Laura.  I'm sad I never got to see her in concert or what not when she was still with us.  Now I will never have the chance to do so in this life.  I guess I'm getting old--more and more musicians who I greatly admired as a teenager are passing away.   As just one example, Dan Hartman, who did that song from the same year as Branigan's Self Control that goes "Moving Sidewalks"/"I can dream about you" also passed away, back in 1994.  I hope the two of them are playing together now (on the night shift, of couse)

* * *

I saw Bush's speech tonight, just like a lot of people in America.  My thought is that this whole Iraq business is becoming more and more like Vietnam every day.  First, it was the elections--elections, may I remind you, Vietnam had at one point.  Now it's the request for more troops.  In Vietnam, we kept putting more and more troops there and we still couldn't win the war, no matter how many troops were deployed.

Actualmente escuchando:
Platinum Collection
Por: Laura Branigan
Fecha de publicación: 27 July, 2006

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martes, enero 09, 2007

My car's in the shop

My car's in the shop, so I've basically been stuck at home twiddling my thumbs until I can get the car again. Being so stranded without a car reminds me of one thing I really like about Mexico: You don't need a car to conviently get around. Indeed, the bus was so convienet, the only time I used my car was when I had to arrive at work really early in the morning. I always took the bus, or walked, to the jobs I had in the afternoon.

I'll return to Mexic as soon as I get my car back. I'll take the bus to the Mexican consulate tomorrow to my my visa to enter Mexico.

The next blog I post will be about my favorite musician.

- Sam

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lunes, enero 08, 2007

Review: Palestine: Peace not Apartheid

I just finished reading Jimmy Carter's Palestine: Peace not Apartheid. It is an excellent book, if a little dry to read at times (then again, I generally consider non-fiction books with useful information rather dry). It details the struggle between Isreal and Palestine, and contains a number of Carter's personal memoirs about being in Israel and trying to come up with a piece plan.

It describes the history of conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians between the late 1940s and 2006, which most of the chapters describing the history between the 1970s and the present. The book does strongly support the Palestine cause; and has been heavily criticized by people opposed to the Palestines.

The book describes the human rights abuses comitted against the Palestines; it shows how Israel has made life a living hell for these people. On the other hand the book downplays the violence committed by the Palestine people. Carter's has a very pro-peace attitude: He both condemns the Palestine's violent acts as not helping the peace cause and Israel's retaliations as being excessively heavy-handed.

I get the impression that Carter downplays the Palestinian violence in order to compensate for a tedency of the US media reporting only on Palestine violence when reporting on the problems in Israel.

The book is an excellent summary of a difficult subject to understand, and has greatly helped me in more fully understanding the underlying tensions causing so much unrest in Israel.

- Sam

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sábado, diciembre 30, 2006

2006 recap

Index of blog entries for 2006:

Compression
2005 accomplishments
2006 resolutions
Ice Ice Baby: Worst song ever
Queen rocks
Slashdot is for old people
Cool web sites; Jonn Serrie
On hurricane Katrina
Reality distortion fields
Doctor Who rocks!
Chess variants
Wikipedia 1.0
Slashdot
Practicing Spanish
Sanger on Wikipedia
More on Spanish
Why I took an extended Wiki-vacation
Even more Spanish
Random thoughts
Asshat rednecks
Cinco de Mayo
seducing women
Wannabe players
Another Wikipedia rant
Cool Escher animations
"Add me" Spammers
Installing MinGW on Windows
Web standards rant
Bulletin spammers
English in the US
Firefox annoyance
silly riddle
Windows networking
IE7 annoyance
Firefox 1.5.0.4 released
piracy is wrong
666
Summer is here
Annoying people on online discussion boards
Digg's problems
Yahoo mail worm
A great free game
1980s synth-pop
The Last Temptation of Christ
Mexico roadtrip diary 1 2 3
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5 6 7 8

Soccer: A Mexican Obsession
Meet these girls from your area...Not!
Job hunting
More job hunting
FM-3 Even more job hunting
OK, I'm working
Mexico update
Perl rant
I'm using Ubuntu
A day in the life in Mexico
Why I use Windows
Linux arguments refuted
My work life
Linux world domination
Santa Ana, Sonora
Back in San Diego
Reverse culture shock
Pinochet is dead
BMG DRM virus
DVD-RAM
MySpace phishing scams
On the religious right
Why smart people are "Nerds"
The customer is not always right
Another phishing domain
The Microsoft-Novell deal
On the Digg community
The "Not Safe for Work" HTML tag

2005 blog index

Accomplishments for 2006:

I successfully changed careers from one in the computer industry to one teaching English in Mexico. I'm much happier doing this kind of work.

I have added a few features and squashed a lot of bugs in MaraDNS 1.2, and have started up a 1.3 branch

I have some new friends, and succeeded in visiting all my real friends in Fresno (all four of them)

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sábado, diciembre 30, 2006

NSFW (Not safe for work) tag Firefox extension

Originally proposed in this blog entry, The NSFW HTML tag is now a reality.  Useful for people who want to warn people of "Not Safe for Work" (pornographic, obscene, etc.) websites.

- Sam

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martes, diciembre 26, 2006

An example of the Digg community

This is a typical example of the Digg community.

There is a reason I prefer MySpace.  This was my reply:

Number of dates I have gotten from MySpace: 2
Number of dates I have gotten from Digg: 0

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viernes, diciembre 22, 2006

The Microsoft - Novell deal is not bad

No matter what the Linux fanatics say, the Microsoft - Novell deal is not bad. It's unpopular with the fanatics, but they have yet to present any evidence it is a bad deal. There's a lot of "What if"s and speculation about how it might become bad, and Jeremy Allison acting like a diva and leaving Novell, but no real evidence of anything negative.

I'm sick and tired of the "Everything Microsoft does or makes is negative" mantra from Linux fanatics. Microsoft makes some excellent software, and until Linux fanatics understand why Linux can't touch Microsoft on the desktop, Linux will stay in the server backroom.

Just one example: Why doesn't Firefox 2.0 for Linux have the spellcheck support that Firefox for Windows has?

- Sam (typing this using CentOS Linux)

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miércoles, diciembre 20, 2006

Another phishing domain

As per my previous warning, hackers are using bogus domains to grab people's passwords and post links in bulletins to get people to give personal information, with a promise of free items, or to bogus phishing web pages designed to steal myspace passwords.

The latest domain they are using to steal passwords is superxtyz.com. While Firefox 2.0 users already get a phishing warning when going to this site, the domain is still up.

Here is some information on this domain:

$ whois superxtyz.com
[Preguntando whois.internic.net]
[Redirigido a whois.bizcn.com]
[Preguntando whois.bizcn.com]
[whois.bizcn.com]

The data in this whois database is provided to you for information
purposes only, that is, to assist you in obtaining information about or
related to a domain name registration record. We make this information
available "as is," and do not guarantee its accuracy. By submitting a
whois query, you agree that you will use this data only for lawful
purposes and that, under no circumstances will you use this data to: (1)
enable high volume, automated, electronic processes that stress or load
this whois database system providing you this information; or (2) allow,
enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass unsolicited,
commercial advertising or solicitations via direct mail, electronic
mail, or by telephone. The compilation, repackaging, dissemination or
other use of this data is expressly prohibited without prior written
consent from us. We reserve the right to modify these terms at any time.
By submitting this query, you agree to abide by these terms.

Domain name: superxtyz.com

Registrant Contact:
liucaifu
caifu liu [email-masked]
028-34545632 fax: 020-82582409
NO.145 FengZheng road
zigong zigong 564342
cn

Administrative Contact:
caifu liu [email-masked]
028-34545632 fax: 020-82582409
NO.145 FengZheng road
zigong zigong 564342
cn

Technical Contact:
caifu liu [email-masked]
028-34545632 fax: 020-82582409
NO.145 FengZheng road
zigong zigong 564342
cn

Billing Contact:
caifu liu [email-masked]
028-34545632 fax: 020-82582409
NO.145 FengZheng road
zigong zigong 564342
cn

DNS:
ns1.hbdns.info
ns2.hbdns.info

Created: 2006-12-16
Expires: 2007-12-16

As we can see they are now using a Chinese register; when they used dotster, dotster suspended their domain within 24 hours. The hosting site, hbdns.info, has the following whois information:

Domain ID:D13939903-LRMS
Domain Name:HBDNS.INFO
Created On:29-Jun-2006 02:00:27 UTC
Last Updated On:05-Dec-2006 16:32:47 UTC
Expiration Date:29-Jun-2007 02:00:27 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:eNom, Inc. (R126-LRMS)
Status:OK
Registrant ID:9E179BB735B575B7
Registrant Name:hau liu
Registrant Organization:paipai
Registrant Street1:12 wood st
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:huaibei
Registrant State/Province:AN
Registrant Postal Code:235000
Registrant Country:VU
Registrant Phone:+91.129422444
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:[email-masked]
Admin ID:9E179BB735B575B7
Admin Name:hau liu
Admin Organization:paipai
Admin Street1:12 wood st
Admin Street2:
Admin Street3:
Admin City:huaibei
Admin State/Province:AN
Admin Postal Code:235000
Admin Country:VU
Admin Phone:+91.129422444
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:
Admin FAX Ext.:
Admin Email:[email-masked]
Billing ID:9E179BB735B575B7
Billing Name:hau liu
Billing Organization:paipai
Billing Street1:12 wood st
Billing Street2:
Billing Street3:
Billing City:huaibei
Billing State/Province:AN
Billing Postal Code:235000
Billing Country:VU
Billing Phone:+91.129422444
Billing Phone Ext.:
Billing FAX:
Billing FAX Ext.:
Billing Email:[email-masked]
Tech ID:9E179BB735B575B7
Tech Name:hau liu
Tech Organization:paipai
Tech Street1:12 wood st
Tech Street2:
Tech Street3:
Tech City:huaibei
Tech State/Province:AN
Tech Postal Code:235000
Tech Country:VU
Tech Phone:+91.129422444
Tech Phone Ext.:
Tech FAX:
Tech FAX Ext.:
Tech Email:[email-masked]
Name Server:DNS1.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Name Server:DNS2.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Name Server:DNS3.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Name Server:DNS4.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Name Server:DNS5.NAME-SERVICES.COM
Name Server:
Name Server:
Name Server:
Name Server:
Name Server:
Name Server:
Name Server:
Name Server:

The webpage for hbdns.info is a "this domain is parked" message. So, let's take it up to the next level. We see that name-services.com has the power to take down superxtyz.com (198.41.0.4 is A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET):

====> dig @198.41.0.4 superxtyz.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> @198.41.0.4 superxtyz.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 990
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 14

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;superxtyz.com. IN A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
com. 172800 IN NS A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN AAAA 2001:503:a83e::2:30
A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.5.6.30
G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.42.93.30
H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.54.112.30
C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.26.92.30
I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.43.172.30
B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN AAAA 2001:503:231d::2:30
B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.33.14.30
D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.31.80.30
L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.41.162.30
F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.35.51.30
J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.48.79.30
K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.52.178.30
E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.12.94.30

;; Query time: 155 msec
;; SERVER: 198.41.0.4#53(198.41.0.4)
;; WHEN: Wed Dec 20 14:40:59 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 503

====> dig @192.5.6.30 superxtyz.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> @192.5.6.30 superxtyz.com
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 61695
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;superxtyz.com. IN A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
superxtyz.com. 172800 IN NS ns1.hbdns.info.
superxtyz.com. 172800 IN NS ns2.hbdns.info.

;; Query time: 127 msec
;; SERVER: 192.5.6.30#53(192.5.6.30)
;; WHEN: Wed Dec 20 14:41:08 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 77

====> dig @198.41.0.4 ns1.hbdns.info

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> @198.41.0.4 ns1.hbdns.info
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 54925
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 6, ADDITIONAL: 8

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ns1.hbdns.info. IN A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
info. 172800 IN NS A9.INFO.AFILIAS-NST.info.
info. 172800 IN NS C9.INFO.AFILIAS-NST.info.
info. 172800 IN NS E9.INFO.AFILIAS-NST.info.
info. 172800 IN NS B9.INFO.AFILIAS-NST.ORG.
info. 172800 IN NS D9.INFO.AFILIAS-NST.ORG.
info. 172800 IN NS F9.INFO.AFILIAS-NST.ORG.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
A9.INFO.AFILIAS-NST.info. 172800 IN AAAA 2001:502:d399::3
A9.INFO.AFILIAS-NST.info. 172800 IN A 204.74.112.33
C9.INFO.AFILIAS-NST.info. 172800 IN A 199.7.66.33
E9.INFO.AFILIAS-NST.info. 172800 IN A 192.100.59.33
B9.INFO.AFILIAS-NST.ORG. 172800 IN AAAA 2001:502:100e::3
B9.INFO.AFILIAS-NST.ORG. 172800 IN A 204.74.113.33
D9.INFO.AFILIAS-NST.ORG. 172800 IN A 199.7.67.33
F9.INFO.AFILIAS-NST.ORG. 172800 IN A 198.133.199.33

;; Query time: 120 msec
;; SERVER: 198.41.0.4#53(198.41.0.4)
;; WHEN: Wed Dec 20 14:41:24 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 323

====> dig @204.74.112.33 ns1.hbdns.info

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> @204.74.112.33 ns1.hbdns.info
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4798
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;ns1.hbdns.info. IN A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
hbdns.info. 86400 IN NS dns5.name-services.com.
hbdns.info. 86400 IN NS dns4.name-services.com.
hbdns.info. 86400 IN NS dns3.name-services.com.
hbdns.info. 86400 IN NS dns2.name-services.com.
hbdns.info. 86400 IN NS dns1.name-services.com.

;; Query time: 60 msec
;; SERVER: 204.74.112.33#53(204.74.112.33)
;; WHEN: Wed Dec 20 14:41:34 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 144

====> dig @198.41.0.4 dns5.name-services.com.

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> @198.41.0.4 dns5.name-services.com.
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 52977
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 14

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;dns5.name-services.com. IN A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
com. 172800 IN NS A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com. 172800 IN NS M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN AAAA 2001:503:a83e::2:30
A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.5.6.30
G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.42.93.30
H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.54.112.30
C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.26.92.30
I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.43.172.30
B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN AAAA 2001:503:231d::2:30
B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.33.14.30
D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.31.80.30
L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.41.162.30
F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.35.51.30
J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.48.79.30
K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.52.178.30
E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. 172800 IN A 192.12.94.30

;; Query time: 149 msec
;; SERVER: 198.41.0.4#53(198.41.0.4)
;; WHEN: Wed Dec 20 14:41:50 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 512

====> dig @192.5.6.30 dns5.name-services.com.

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> @192.5.6.30 dns5.name-services.com.
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 47651
;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 5

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;dns5.name-services.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
dns5.name-services.com. 172800 IN A 70.42.37.1

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
name-services.com. 172800 IN NS dns1.name-services.com.
name-services.com. 172800 IN NS dns2.name-services.com.
name-services.com. 172800 IN NS dns3.name-services.com.
name-services.com. 172800 IN NS dns4.name-services.com.
name-services.com. 172800 IN NS dns5.name-services.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
dns1.name-services.com. 172800 IN A 69.25.142.1
dns2.name-services.com. 172800 IN A 216.52.184.230
dns3.name-services.com. 172800 IN A 63.251.92.193
dns4.name-services.com. 172800 IN A 64.74.96.242
dns5.name-services.com. 172800 IN A 70.42.37.1

;; Query time: 140 msec
;; SERVER: 192.5.6.30#53(192.5.6.30)
;; WHEN: Wed Dec 20 14:41:59 2006
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 226

name-services.com looks to be a squatting domain, so time to take it to the next level:

Registration Service Provided By: eNom, Inc.
Contact: [email-masked]

Domain name: name-services.com

Registrant Contact:
eNom, Inc.
DNS Manager ([email-masked])
+1.4258838860
Fax: +1.4258833553
P.O. Box 7449
2002 156th Avenue NE, Ste. 300
Bellevue, WA 98007
US

Administrative Contact:
eNom, Inc.
DNS Manager ([email-masked])
+1.4258838860
Fax: +1.4258833553
P.O. Box 7449
2002 156th Avenue NE, Ste. 300
Bellevue, WA 98007
US

Technical Contact:
eNom, Inc.
DNS Manager ([email-masked])
+1.4258838860
Fax: +1.4258833553
P.O. Box 7449
2002 156th Avenue NE, Ste. 300
Bellevue, WA 98007
US

Status: Locked

Name Servers:
dns1.name-services.com
dns2.name-services.com
dns3.name-services.com
dns4.name-services.com
dns5.name-services.com

Creation date: 11 Jun 2001 13:11:27
Expiration date: 11 Jun 2007 13:11:27

So, I think I will complain to enom.com about this domain.

- Sam

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martes, diciembre 19, 2006

The customer is not always right

The customer is not always right

When I worked for Wal*Mart, there was this one customer who would always go ballistic on me. She accused me, for no reason whatsoever, of "hurrying her up" (the only thing I did was start scanning stuff that was in her cart). She would start screaming at me when there was a line of people behind me waiting to check out their things. My boss would not back me up nor give me any support, but gave me a canned "Always smaile at the cutomer lecture". Within a week, I gave notice and started preparing to go to Mexico to be a teacher. My life is too short to work in a culture where it is OK for people to treat me like dirt.

As an aisde, I do not not like this blogger's general attitude, but she's right on in this one article.

One pet peeve: The atheists who always rant, in so many words, "You're an idiot for thinking the earth is only 6000 years old!". They are just as annoying as the fundamentalists who rant, in so many words "You're going to Hell because you don't have the same religion I have".

A person has a right to believe what they want to believe, as long as their beliefs don't harm other people (Holocaust denial is an example of a belief that harms someone, since it encourages violent acts against Jewish people). There are a lot of Americans out there who believe that earth is 6000 years old. They have a right to their belief. To say otherwise or to deride them as idiots is a profound lack of courtesy and respect. Just as "you're going to hell" preaching is a profound lack of courtesy and respect.

- Sam

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sábado, diciembre 16, 2006

Great article; I wish I knew this 22 years ago

A great article, which someone pointed out in a mail sent to Jerry Pournelle, about what is wrong with our schools and why intelligent people don't fit in:
http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html

To quote the article:
When we were in junior high school, my friend Rich and I made a map of the school lunch tables according to popularity. This was easy to do, because kids only ate lunch with others of about the same popularity. We graded them from A to E. A tables were full of football players and cheerleaders and so on. E tables contained the kids with mild cases of Down's Syndrome, what in the language of the time we called "retards."

We sat at a D table, as low as you could get without looking physically different.

The article continues explaining what is wrong with our schools. I wish I knew this 22 years ago.

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