Okay, I am so very tired of reading pseudo-technical idiots who think they need 64-bit versions of all their software, and give developers grief over it. Here, I will beat the topic to death, hopefully inspiring these idiots to shut the hell up and let the programmers make the programming decisions.
Archive for the ‘Rants’ Category
Tony Clement: sell-out #2
September 21st, 2010
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The “honourable” minister Tony Clement sent me a canned email today about how the C-32 copyright reform bill is a “fair, balanced, common-sense approach” to “promote homegrown innovation and creativity”. This is a bill written by the rich, for the rich. It is even more repressive than the sternly abused U.S. DMCA, and provides for [...]
Requiem for a Laptop
August 13th, 2010
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Laptops suck. Seriously, they are shit. None of them work right, driver support is abysmal, and it seems every manufacturer is targeting the “space-conscious idiot” demographic, who want a laptop that stays on a desk, plugged in 24/7.
United States of Assholes
August 12th, 2010
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This is why I am anti-American. Everything this neo-nazi cousin-fucker knows about Islam, he learned on CNN. If this guy were driving around Ottawa, even our pussyfooting pacifists would set this motherfucker on FIRE! Now y’all know I don’t give two shits about Islam, or any other religion, but this is akin to [...]
Jail sentences, and why I think they’re shit
August 9th, 2010
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It’s no secret that I am not at all a fan of law enforcement and related businesses. I certainly acknowledge the necessity of order in society, but I’ve seen far too many abuses and my faith in the system has been eroded. We have this supposed leader who wants longer, “harsher” jail sentences across the [...]
Cognitive Surplus, or Clay Shirky’s desperate hunger for relevance (and book sales)
August 8th, 2010
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I can’t decide whether or not I like Clay Shirky. He can be either inspiring or insane, but he is always an idealist. His most recent brain diarrhea is charmingly titled “Cognitive Surplus”, in which he muses that all the tens of millions of people watching TV right now represent a miraculous amount [...]
OCD Multitasking
July 24th, 2010
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It’s rant time and I just realized something: for a guy with a beefy PC and multiple displays, I spend a lot of time with just one window open. Billions of CPU cycles and memory cells are sitting idle. Only one of my LCDs is even powered on right now. Am I being wasteful, or [...]
Seth Godin says Goodbye to the office
July 5th, 2010
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I usually don’t pay too much attention to Seth Godin, he seems to live in a very different bubble than I, but for once I agree with him. The office is dead. In these constantly connected times, I don’t think there is much equity left in the tradition of commuting to the downtown core, to [...]
Why I support piracy
July 3rd, 2010
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I, Billco, am a strong supporter of piracy; I think it’s a great thing. I say this, despite being a software developer, amateur musician and huge music/movie buff. It doesn’t make any sense, right ?
Thoughts on religion
June 26th, 2010
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It’s no secret that I’m a bit of an asshole – not a mean guy, a nice guy but an asshole. I speak my mind, all the time, and those who don’t like it can go fuck a moose. One of my favourite scratching posts is religion. When people ask what my religion is, I [...]
