"... brother can't drive ..." - Eddie Griffin ...
and a Ferrari Enzo paid the price ... almost too painful to watch ...
$1.5 million down the drain ...
CNN.com Article
$1.5 million down the drain ...
CNN.com Article
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Impeach Bush
While taking a break from work this evening, I cam across the following on YouTube ... the essence of both: Impeach Bush ...
From Bill Maher:
From The Daily Show:
From Bill Maher:
From The Daily Show:
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Technical definitions
A friend of mine gave me the following today, and I thought I should share it with you ... especiallly, since I haven't shared much recently.
When vendors say ... They really mean.
1.) Breakthrough ... We finally got it to compile.
2.) Easy to use ... Has no useful features.
3.) Internet-ready ... In lab tests, did not crash if an IP stack was present.
4.) Internet-aware ... Responds to pings.
5.) Web-enabled ... Can launch a browser.
6.) Java-enabled ... The old version didn't compile, so we're rewriting it.
7.) Familiar Windows interface ... Creates exception errors.
8.) Comprehensive software suite ... Unrelated tools crammed into a disk.
9.) Supports mission-critical applications ... We overcharge our customers.
10.) Carrier-class ... Don't even ask how much it costs.
11.) Feature will be in the next release ... I just thought of it.
12.) Feature in early beta ... I thought of it on the way over to meet you.
13.) Porting to Windows NT ... We can't think of new features, so we're following the herd.
14.) Available as ActiveX module ... We want Microsoft to buy us.
15.) No-charge upgrade for existing customers ... We can't get the old stuff to work either.
16.) Being sold through distribution ... Don't call us if you have problems with it.
17.) Seeking new vertical markets ... Our customers won;t talk to us anymore.
When vendors say ... They really mean.
1.) Breakthrough ... We finally got it to compile.
2.) Easy to use ... Has no useful features.
3.) Internet-ready ... In lab tests, did not crash if an IP stack was present.
4.) Internet-aware ... Responds to pings.
5.) Web-enabled ... Can launch a browser.
6.) Java-enabled ... The old version didn't compile, so we're rewriting it.
7.) Familiar Windows interface ... Creates exception errors.
8.) Comprehensive software suite ... Unrelated tools crammed into a disk.
9.) Supports mission-critical applications ... We overcharge our customers.
10.) Carrier-class ... Don't even ask how much it costs.
11.) Feature will be in the next release ... I just thought of it.
12.) Feature in early beta ... I thought of it on the way over to meet you.
13.) Porting to Windows NT ... We can't think of new features, so we're following the herd.
14.) Available as ActiveX module ... We want Microsoft to buy us.
15.) No-charge upgrade for existing customers ... We can't get the old stuff to work either.
16.) Being sold through distribution ... Don't call us if you have problems with it.
17.) Seeking new vertical markets ... Our customers won;t talk to us anymore.
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Travel
My name is Lintball and it has been six months and 15 days since my last post. Damn, what a long time ... you know what though ... I've been around the world and then some since then ... that's my only excuse ...
Well, not exactly, "around the world" ... I mean I haven't been to Japan or Australia or anyting, but I have logged almost 40,000 flight miles ... and if you asked where I am right now, it wouldn't be at home on the East Coast ... nope, I'm across the pond.
So, you might ask, where have you been and what have you been doing?
Well, let's see ... I've been to thw West Coast a couple three or four times, including a few stops in central Oregon ... I've been to the Great White North twice and will be back in November, and as I said, now I am across the pond in jolly ol' England ...
As for the what ... mostly, workin' my ass off ... I've logged over 2500 hours for the company this year and may hit 3000 ... sounds great if I was hourly, like FatDave ... he'd be a rich MFer if he could log 3000 hours ... but alas, I'm a dumbass and am salaried ... so , I started working for free sometime in August ... man that sounds aweful. However, I have added two people to the staff, so hopefully by the end of the year things will begin to be normal ... where normal is on 50-55 hours per week.
Since, I've been gone, I've had a few ideas fo posts, so you'll see those coming through a bit more regularly now ... hopefully ... of course, I will be gone for a bit at the end of October ... gotta take the wife on a cruise of the Caribbean ... lest I be wife-less ...
At any rate, pip pip and cherr-io ... back at ya in a flash.
Well, not exactly, "around the world" ... I mean I haven't been to Japan or Australia or anyting, but I have logged almost 40,000 flight miles ... and if you asked where I am right now, it wouldn't be at home on the East Coast ... nope, I'm across the pond.
So, you might ask, where have you been and what have you been doing?
Well, let's see ... I've been to thw West Coast a couple three or four times, including a few stops in central Oregon ... I've been to the Great White North twice and will be back in November, and as I said, now I am across the pond in jolly ol' England ...
As for the what ... mostly, workin' my ass off ... I've logged over 2500 hours for the company this year and may hit 3000 ... sounds great if I was hourly, like FatDave ... he'd be a rich MFer if he could log 3000 hours ... but alas, I'm a dumbass and am salaried ... so , I started working for free sometime in August ... man that sounds aweful. However, I have added two people to the staff, so hopefully by the end of the year things will begin to be normal ... where normal is on 50-55 hours per week.
Since, I've been gone, I've had a few ideas fo posts, so you'll see those coming through a bit more regularly now ... hopefully ... of course, I will be gone for a bit at the end of October ... gotta take the wife on a cruise of the Caribbean ... lest I be wife-less ...
At any rate, pip pip and cherr-io ... back at ya in a flash.
Friday, April 01, 2005
Added some links
In an obvious example of "imitation is the highest form of flattery," I took the idea of adding links to ButtCrackLint.com from FatDave's BileDuct.com ... a great blog with some funny stuff, when FatDave has a chance to update it ...
Check them out below ...
Check them out below ...
LAX Cat Man
A couple months ago, I was on a business trip and happened to be in LAX waiting for a flight to Phoenix.
I grabbed a Starbucks coffee and took a seat near the gate. As I was sitting down, I looked at the row of seats across from me and there was this disheveled, unshaven guy sitting across from me.
Now, to get a good picture of this guy, I want you to think of the classically portrayed (on TV and in movies) homeless, older male, except this guy didn't smell and his clothes appeared to be clean.
So, I sit down and start drinking my Starbucks and I notice that he is holding a kitten on his chest and there is a cat carrier next to him. Now, I don't want you to think that I had anything wrong with this guy, but it was just weird.
I mean there are people that bring pets on airplanes ... it happens everyday ... but this seemed a little different.
Anyway, this didn't end up being as cool a post as I had hoped, but ... whateva ... at least I thought it was interesting.
I grabbed a Starbucks coffee and took a seat near the gate. As I was sitting down, I looked at the row of seats across from me and there was this disheveled, unshaven guy sitting across from me.
Now, to get a good picture of this guy, I want you to think of the classically portrayed (on TV and in movies) homeless, older male, except this guy didn't smell and his clothes appeared to be clean.
So, I sit down and start drinking my Starbucks and I notice that he is holding a kitten on his chest and there is a cat carrier next to him. Now, I don't want you to think that I had anything wrong with this guy, but it was just weird.
I mean there are people that bring pets on airplanes ... it happens everyday ... but this seemed a little different.
Anyway, this didn't end up being as cool a post as I had hoped, but ... whateva ... at least I thought it was interesting.
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Don't let the Man turn off your Scinemax
The FCC, the Federal Communications Commission, regulates what you can and can't see over the regular airwaves, e.g. NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, etc. ... so when Janet Jackson had her wardrobe "malfunction" and America saw her exposed breast for like three seconds, they got all up in arms and handed out fines and such ...
They have the networks so scared that Fox wouldn't show the naked butt of a baby, a freaking CARTOON baby ... poor Stewie from the Family Guy ... his butt was blurred on TV ... and this was a re-run ... the first time it aired there was no blurring ... you could even try and see if there was a little butt crack lint ...
Also, trying to keep our TV free of anything interesting (oh, sorry, "every incident of sexual content, violence, profanity, disrespect for authority and other negative content") is the Parents Television Council ... a group of people that sit around and determine what is ok to be shown on TV. Well, have fun with all that PTC ... I have cable ... no FCC regualtions there ... cocks ...
Oh wait ... some dumbass Senators want to push the FCC regulations to cable ...
Let me just make this statement ... I am not paying Comcast one arm and one leg for the FCC to regulate them ... I want my Scinemax and my HBO ... if I want to watch Real Sex 28 Senator What's His Nutz shouldn't be able to regulate that.
I can walk in to a porn shop and buy a video of three hot Asian chicks getting it on for $5, so if I am paying Comcast a crap load of money I should get my HBO.
So, make a statement ... comment here, call your Senator and let them know they should work on something else ... like how Bush is trying to screw up what's gonna be left of Social Security after the next thirty years ... but that is another story ...
They have the networks so scared that Fox wouldn't show the naked butt of a baby, a freaking CARTOON baby ... poor Stewie from the Family Guy ... his butt was blurred on TV ... and this was a re-run ... the first time it aired there was no blurring ... you could even try and see if there was a little butt crack lint ...
Also, trying to keep our TV free of anything interesting (oh, sorry, "every incident of sexual content, violence, profanity, disrespect for authority and other negative content") is the Parents Television Council ... a group of people that sit around and determine what is ok to be shown on TV. Well, have fun with all that PTC ... I have cable ... no FCC regualtions there ... cocks ...
Oh wait ... some dumbass Senators want to push the FCC regulations to cable ...
Let me just make this statement ... I am not paying Comcast one arm and one leg for the FCC to regulate them ... I want my Scinemax and my HBO ... if I want to watch Real Sex 28 Senator What's His Nutz shouldn't be able to regulate that.
I can walk in to a porn shop and buy a video of three hot Asian chicks getting it on for $5, so if I am paying Comcast a crap load of money I should get my HBO.
So, make a statement ... comment here, call your Senator and let them know they should work on something else ... like how Bush is trying to screw up what's gonna be left of Social Security after the next thirty years ... but that is another story ...
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Firefox and me ...
Get you some Firefox ... it is so much nicer than IE ... join 25 million user ...
