http://www.opuscules.com Just shooting off our keyboards Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:02:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Attention Los Angeles City Council: "Once such a comparison [to Hitler or Nazis] is made, the discussion is finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically 'lost' whatever debate was in progress." -- Godwin's Law, Corollary #1 I always bristle at hearing anyone, especially public officials, throwing in Hitler and the Nazis ... http://www.opuscules.com/?p=39 Violators Will Be Ridiculed Laws, Theroems, and Corollaries Which Govern the Internet compiled by Mike Foster, May 29, 2009 Here is a compilation of the various universal truths about technology, data and the Internet. These have been discovered and experienced by some of today's leading thinkers, authors and observers. Amdahl’s Law: The speed-up ... http://www.opuscules.com/?p=49 The Modern Rules of the Internet (The “Revised Russo Translation” with study notes) by Chris Russo, April 1, 2009 (see Chris Russo on Xanga.com) When eponymous laws (i.e rules, theorems and principles named for someone) appear with a Rule, refer to Internet Laws and Universal Truths found elsewhere. --Rule 0: There is no ... http://www.opuscules.com/?p=56 I was listening to a podcast the other day by Leo Laporte in which he was doing a commercial for Audible.com and mentioned the book Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA. He was saying that according to the book the CIA is inept. Now I have not read/listened ... http://www.opuscules.com/?p=23 If you own a buisiness you will relate and if you think you want to own your own business read this and think long and hard before jumping in. This artcle appeared in the letters to the editor section of the Whittier Daily NEs on November 18, 2008. I Did ... http://www.opuscules.com/?p=27 What is this the great Governator says we should "…not get stuck just on fiscal responsibility.” Was this the same guy who we put in office because Gray Davis was not ahh err fiscally responsible? The state of California is basically bankrupt and all the Governor can do is suggest raising ... http://www.opuscules.com/?p=17 This was sent to me by someone who saw it on a scripting help group. It is so true I just couldn't help posting it to Opuscules. "Use any version of Microsoft FrontPage to create your site. (This won't prevent people from viewing your source code, but no one will want ... http://www.opuscules.com/?p=9 The Bush economy has now forced the Washington Post to outsource it's proofreading jobs to automated spell checking systems. Can other print media be far behind? With more and more thinking people finding their news from other than traditional print sources the Post has evidently seen the need to implement ... http://www.opuscules.com/?p=4