Rantings of a New Yorker

If you can't handle swearing, get off the internet. People suck, including me, and these are my rantings.

Entries for October, 2006

Why I Won’t Be Upgrading to Windows Vista

I know. There are a lot of Windows fanboys out there. There are also a lot of Linux, BSD, and Apple fanboys. I don’t really care. This isn’t about them.  It’s about me and the many problems that I’ve seen from Windows Vista and it hasn’t even been released yet. I have no need for [...]

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Since When Is Poughkeepsie A Great Place To Find A Job?

So, Forbes is running a story on the 10 best US cities to find a job and it lists my good old city, Poughkeepsie, NY, at Number 17 because the list really goes to 25. You do have to click on their slide show to see it though. As for Poughkeepsie, I don’t know what [...]

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Pumpkins

Pumpkins, taken by mr_o on flickr.

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Biometrics In Schools

America’s public schools are again attempting to indoctrinate young children into believing that technology, such as biometrics, are a the answer to their security needs. Elementary schools are now in the picture because biometric technology has advanced enough that the scanners read a fingerprint as small as that of a four year old. In Rome, [...]

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Today’s Morons From Around The World

Armed robbers in Atlanta, Georgia held up a sex shop and used the store’s kinky, fur handcuffs and leg irons to restrain the store’s employees. While the incident was captured on video, the masked men have gotten away with about $234 in cash. In Salt Lake City, Utah, another idiot has done his family proud. [...]

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What’s Wrong With Drivers Today?

This is pure rant. I’m pissed. When I leave for work in the morning, it’s still slightly dark outside. About three miles down the road, it’s light enough that you don’t need your headlights on. Still, the idiots out on the road think you do and most of them have their high beams on. I [...]

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I Shouldn’t Be Angry, Should I?

I’m going to be labeled a racist by most people before they ever finish this paragraph but I am sick and tired of feeling like a stranger in my own country. If you bear with me, I will make my point. Last night, I went to McDonald’s for the second time this year. While I [...]

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Fog at Sunrise in Dubai

Photo taken by Harry Lambert.  He took this photo at sunrise from the 33rd level of Emirates Towers.  You can see more of his photos of Dubai in the fog at flickr.

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Network Television And Their Pursuit To Keep All The Money

I used to watch a lot of television. There were several shows every night that were interesting and/or funny. However, this season, and the past few seasons, I find myself with nothing to watch four nights out of the week. Now, while this is good for me because I do more reading and exercising, as [...]

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Man Accidentally Nails His Testicles To Roof

According to Ananova, August Voegl, 59, from Jennersdorf, Austria, accidentally fired a four-inch nail into his left testicle with the compressed air nail gun he was using. Emergency medics were called in after Voegl was unable to extract it or pull himself away from the roof. He was later airlifted to a nearby hospital where [...]

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