September 16, 2008

Canice goes on a rant:

Seems like the more you want to know people, and share of yourself, the more likely they want to take something and give only back some heartache. Kind of like sharing the wealth of their own pain and misery, after draining away what good I can spend...

Several "friends" I have made here on Yahoo are off into their own world, as the old gang as it were dissolves, in large part because of the instability and general unreliability of this service (360).

I have tried to maintain connections to several; lately sending chat messages back and forth to one in particular, and it seems to have gone amiss...so on the one hand I want to say you know what, I dont need this, and quit the whole thing- the blogs, the chat, the emails, posting of art and music and pictures, the whole thing. I could just go back to the way I was before, a casual visitor who maybe leaves a comment here and there, but is unconnected to anyone online. That would be sad, but really, who would care...a couple of people?

I am not depressed or upset about it, I have been thinking about this on and off for awhile...just cut the ties, and move on, and not spend anymore energy trying to communicate with those that, for whatever reason, cant or wont do the same+One recently told me you need to have more patience...what? You are asking me to be patient?

That kind of thing gets to me, because I try to be upbeat and share all the things i think might be interesting and well, things friends talk about...and in return I get ignored, or a reply filters in several weeks later, with reasons like," i have been busy", or "I gotta work" or "I am too tired, write me later?" Again, ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!! I work a high profile high pressure job, starting work about 7 AM and usually not getting home until 12 hours later, have to take care of a family, and still find time to write emails and send instant messages to people at night.

Thats why I cant figure out what is the reason people dont respond...and then my honey says "maybe they dont really like you, they just say they do?" Might have a point there.

Anyway, thanks for the good times we used to share, see ya...maybe?

Untouched - The Veronicas

Entry for September 11, 2008

Build it, dammit!!!

Entry for September 13, 2008

Impersonators reveal what Bush Hillary and Obama say in secret

A blog for Sept 12 2008

I have not blogged lately...so much going on. But before I launch into this episode, let me say that my prayers are with people in the path of hurricane Ike...

Politics has gotten so weird of late that I am steering clear except for short segments like this. Many of my Yahoo friends are ardent Obama supporters, a position I don't share. Not that he probably can’t do the job; typically people who seek their parties a sense of greatness (mostly self delusional) that spurs them on. My view they are no different in that regard; one has ascended quickly from the state level to national level and sees he has a vision where to take the country, and then the other has lots of service, although he is not without some issues. Vote for who you want to. Don’t try to convince me about either. As wacky as people think he is, Ron Paul actually had some valid points in his campaign of government beyond its constitutional authority.

In my wandering thru the urban and rural landscapes in my life, I am increasingly cranky about the commonality of most people in their desire to be totally self absorbed and RUDE. I work hard to be considerate when all around me don't, and it is starting to get me riled... in my job I frequently encounter co-workers who are either ignorant or oblivious to the fact that they are breaking many common tenets of civil and commercial law in the way they conduct business..

We walked through the new facility today the new facility superintendent and I are thrilled. The contractors are about a week ahead of schedule; the offices are completed. The only segment missing is our server room, which is built but has no servers, switches or routers in place yet. And our data lines have not been installed, 3 T1 and 2 T3 to connect the new facility to the main plant and HQ.

Well quite a week...time to relax

September 12, 2008

There are numerous spelling and grammar errors that Yahoo seems to have generated when i posted this...so I reposted on Multiply

Arcade Fire Live! Rebellion (lies) on Letterman

God help us; we're in the hands of engineers.

Those that fail to control technology will be controlled by it.

This summarizes my current feelings about information technology in general, and today Google in particular. Yesterday I wrote in another blog about Google’s new browser, Chrome. It is fast, uses few computer resources and has some interesting features. It is also very new. As people start to delve into how it works, concern now is being expressed about the abilities it grants to Google to track everything you do, and track back to your IP address, and cross reference that information to your physical location...its a technology wonder that is a privacy nightmare. The early release of chrome included in the End User License Agreement (EULA) provisions to allow Google access to you computer for any reason they wanted...when privacy groups cried foul, that provision was removed, but one has to wonder if the technology supporting that OOPS! in their policy wasn't left in place?

In a world where news and entertainment blur together, reality and lies are thrown together with abandon, people need to be able to trust something. Trust in government is nil, trust in the news media is nearly nil, and trust in internet news is suspect at best. I honestly think that people have a level of trust in the sanctity of the privacy they cherish while online have been duped, as nearly every browser I have tested (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Chrome) have provisions in the EULA for tracking of some of the things you do online.

What is really worrying about Chrome is the suspicion that Google is now venturing into wholesale Deep Packet Inspection, which is known to be used by them to assist the Peoples Republic of China to block searches offensive to the interests of the state. DPI has been used in this country by our government "for national security". That is worrisome enough, now do we really want to trust a private entity to have that level of control, with no oversight what so ever?

In addition to using DPI to secure their internal networks, Internet Service Providers also apply this technology on the public networks provided to customers. Common uses of DPI by ISPs are lawful intercept, policy definition and enforcement, targeted advertising, quality of service, offering tiered services, and copyright enforcement.

(DPI information from Wikipedia)