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D9uon Confessions of a Drone Warrior

    military drones, a projection of American power that won’t risk American lives.

Yet burning some Muslim books places Americans at risk?

I'd say that the collateral damage caused by "Signature Strikes" is as an effective terrorist recruiting agent as is burning some old religious books.

D9uon Police Departments Work to Expand Capability to “Shut Down” Social Media

Video does not exist

Uh oh...

D9uon Federal Prosecutors, in a Policy Shift, Cite Warrantless Wiretaps as Evidence

I clearly remember Obama denouncing the wholesale and indiscriminate surveillance of innocent people prior to his election to the presidency, yet now that he's in the White House he's suddenly promoting the very programs which he once found deplorable.

Remember?

http://youtu.be/aznaD8yzVjM

The FISC has found that there have been numerous violations by NSA et al, yet the juggernaut rolls on...

Secret courts. Secret police. Secret orders.

"... this is not who we are."

D9uon Federal Prosecutors, in a Policy Shift, Cite Warrantless Wiretaps as Evidence

I believe the weasel-words are "intercept," and "collect."

D9uon UK police mistakenly believed they found 3D printed gun in raid

http://www.guns.com/2013/01/02/flare-guns-as-weapons/

Shotgun shells are mostly plastic.

D9uon The PC is not dead, we just don't need new ones

I ran my 2008 Acer Aspire One ZG5 netbook until I got my current "Ultrabook" a couple of months ago.

The netbook handled just about everything I threw at it, and with FreeBSD and dwm it ran faster than it did when I first bought it.

Unfortunately I'm not too pleased with the HP Envy 15. The AMD A6 Vision graphics aren't so bad, but support for the Broadcom 4313 wifi card is sparse in the nix world...

Soon I'll be tearing it apart to swap out the bcm 4313 for something supported by FreeBSD, but for now, I'll not be purchasing a new PC any time soon.

D9uon Learn on someone else’s dime

MoCoSpace... MobileCommunitySpace.

I was an early user, and when I failed to login for some period of time (6 months? 8?) my account was still active, but all of my precious images and videos were deleted.

Not too much pain, but losing the video of my late dog saying "Wow!" on command was enough to make me build my own website, which was a mild failure, which further encouraged me to build better websites, some of which became mildly successful for a fleeting moment (in web-time.)

That said, I enjoyed the article, as well as my telecommuting gig.

Aloha!

D9uon Apple Says New OS X ‘Mavericks’ Will Be Offered for Free

I change my OS every few weeks or so... Distro hopping.

Or "Nixploration."

OS is not necessarily tied to a single machine.

D9uon Apple Says New OS X ‘Mavericks’ Will Be Offered for Free

We can download hundreds of fully functional iso for a myriad of unix-like systems... Why is it naive to expect Apple to follow suit?

Is it their software which is so costly, or is it the hardware upon which that software runs?

D9uon Apple Says New OS X ‘Mavericks’ Will Be Offered for Free

No, by "breakthrough" I mean support common x86 devices, which OS X does support to a limited degree.

D9uon Apple Says New OS X ‘Mavericks’ Will Be Offered for Free

Real breakthrough would be for OS X to run on Windoze devices... If you're a distro hopping nixer there's nothing to see here... Move along.

D9uon Weather in your terminal, with ANSI colors and Unicode symbols

I don't live in California, and I never worry about weather any further than looking outside to see what's on the horizon, as well as the mountains.

If it rains , it rains... If it doesn't, it doesn't.

If you sit around waiting for the rain to stop in Hilo, you'll never get anything done.

D9uon Poll: Where are you currently living?

I love Chiang Mai, especially the Pai area... I'd like to return someday...

D9uon Poll: Where are you currently living?

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is most definitely within Polynesia, being one of the three corners of the Polynesian triangle, the other two being Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Hawai'i.

I chose US on the poll, but feel that Oceania is more appropriate in a geographical sense, especially since so many Americans don't consider Hawai'i to be a part of "the states." (until it comes to war)

D9uon Poll: Where are you currently living?

Technically, I live in the USA... About 2,400 miles Southwest of Los Angeles.

D9uon The Ocean is Broken

I actually do understand clean energy, and these nuclear powered vessels to which I refer have already been built and fitted. What better use for them than to clean our oceans?

D9uon 30 Window Managers in 30 Days

I noticed a couple of my favorites. Pekwm, and dwm.

I wish that someone had done this list a few years ago, as the http://xwinman.org/ site is all I had to go on when I did my own WM search.

D9uon 30 Window Managers in 30 Days

The site loads for me...

D9uon The Ocean is Broken

The US, and other nations, have nuclear powered ships for war. Why not use these ships for peace, and try cleaning the ocean?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pacific_Gyre

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/oceans/...

D9uon What are the Windows A: and B: drives used for?

My first PC didn't have a C: drive.

It had two 5.25" diskettes to load the systems.

D9uon Being an asshole does not make you awesome

Where I come from, the word "hoe" is a verb, meaning, "to paddle," as in a canoe.

D9uon Personal Drones Fly Above Burning Man

All it will take is one UAV crashing into some people, resulting in horrific injuries, and the UAV will be banned, or more heavily regulated.

These UAV are not toys, and have a high potential to cause grave injuries.

D9uon Government Shuts Down as Congress Misses Deadline

My initial comment was in no way intended to to imply that "a military dictatorship is better than a democracy." That was a construct of your imagination. Many of those whom I referred to as being in uniform are civilians, such as police officers, and I hope that any subsequent government imposed by such action would be a Constitutional Republic in nature since I favor the precepts set forth by the aforementioned Constitution.

As for your failed interpretations of my intent and arguing such points, by your continued comments on this matter you are displaying your own willingness to argue this point.

D9uon Government Shuts Down as Congress Misses Deadline

A "full shutdown" would take everyone in uniform marching to the District of Criminals and throwing all the politicians in jail.

D9uon Government Shuts Down as Congress Misses Deadline

Maybe the loser has to donate an extra million dollars or so to the winner's favorite charity?

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/koch-brothers-give-m...

D9uon BitTorrent Chat - Private instant messaging via secure, distributed technology

My sentiments, exactly.

I feel like I just signed up for a bunch of spam.

D9uon Google Web Designer

I'm a PC user who wipes Windoze off my hdd as part of setting up my preferred working environment.

Is there any plan to include Linux, and, or, BSD versions of Google Web Designer any time soon?

D9uon Google Web Designer

Too bad those platforms don't include Linux & FreeBSD.

D9uon SF Open Data Mashup: Your Favorite Restaurants Are Filthy

What about the deliberate mishandling and, or, adulteration of food by disgruntled employees?

Anyone who's seen the move "Waiting" knows what I'm talking about.

What happens in the kitchen ends up on the plate

D9uon Facebook first level interview for Linux admin position

  >(PS: ls -lart - muscle memory, I type it 100+ times a day)

alias lsl='ls -lart'

Place that in your .bashrc, or whichever shell you may be using.

Reduce typing.