Archive | March, 2003

30 March 2003 Comments Off

Poor Monkeys

This from a 16 point Q&A in an South Florida newspaper.
12) What other countries are supporting the United States in the Iraq war?
This number seems to change daily. President Bush claims the support of 49 nations, though the war is being waged primarily by soldiers from the United States and Britain, with significant help [...]

30 March 2003 Comments Off

MSNBC Poll

I’m disgusted.
You can see why here.
But to summarize:
Out of 9045 web site responses (as of now)
The majority of respondents – 56%, when asked “If it were up to you, which military action would you prefer to take in the war on Iraq?” answered “More aggressive action that would increase the risk of Iraqi civilian casualties [...]

29 March 2003 Comments Off

QueerIT.com irksomeness

This really annoys me.
History:
In the 90’s there were two dotcoms that were designed to handle discussion groups. Rather than utilizing the NNTP (Usenet) protocol they adopted the MajorDomo E-Mail List system. They were smart enough to know that e-mail was going to be the singular killer app at lease for the next few [...]

29 March 2003 Comments Off

Creating addicts…

I did my good deed for the month today.
I started the rather easy process getting another tech support guy – David – addicted to Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books.
It was an easy match-up. David has a big big thing for tortoises – live ones. His website at http://www.redfootgarden.com is dedicated to them. [...]

29 March 2003 Comments Off

Way to Go Jose’!

Yesterday one of my employees was late for work. This is not uncommon, but this time he had a good reason.
He came over to my office to tell me -
There is some construction going on across the street from his daughter’s elementary school. One of the guys there had been making rude and [...]