July, 2018 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is slip-sliding away . . . .
Suffer the Children 0
Remember this while you grill your Fourth of July burgers: Here are your tax dollars at work.
Origins Issue 0
Badtux ponders the origins of wealth.
Meta: Up and Running 0
I mentioned earlier that we had a lighting strike that took out a computer, a printer, a KVM switch, a television, and two mini-boxes from the cable company.
I’ve got the replacement computer up and running with Debian 9 running the Plasma desktop. (The new television is up and running also.) As an aside, our cable company replaced the mini-boxes without a question. I must admit that I have some gripes with my cable company, but customer service is not one of them.
I had some truly oddball hardware issues with the computer when I first hooked it up and I have nothing but praise for ThinkPenguin’s support. When you want a new computer, think penguin.
The Pusher Men 0
This should be interesting:
The lawsuits also say that the companies falsely told doctors that patients would “only rarely succumb to drug addiction.”
(snip)
The lawsuits accuse the manufacturers of:
- Falsely, deceptively and unfairly marketing opioids.
- Misrepresenting the risks and benefits of opioids.
- Grossly understating and misstating the dangerous addiction risks.
- Grossly overstating the benefits.
- Targeting susceptible prescribers and vulnerable patient populations.
- Making deceptive statements and concealing material facts.
- Fraudulently concealing their misconduct.
- And breaching their duties under federal and state law to prevent diversion and monitor, report and prevent suspicious orders.
More at the link.
Make TWUUG Your LUG 0
Learn about the wonderful world of free and open source. Use computers to do what you want, not what someone else wants you to do. Learn how to use GNU/Linux and its plethora of free and open source software to get stuff done with computers.
It’s not hard; it’s just different.
When: Monthly TWUUG meeting at 7:30 p. m. on the first Thursday of the month (June 6, 2018). Pre-meeting dinner at Chicago Uno, JANAF shopping center, 6:00 p. m. (map)
Who: Everyone in TideWater/Hampton Roads with interest in any/all flavors of Unix/Linux. There are no dues or signup requirements. All are welcome.
Where: Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk Training Room (map). (Wireless and wired internet connection available.) Turn right upon entering, then left at the last corridor and look for the open meeting room.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is child’s play.
(snip)
The six-year-old was playing with a gun he found in a dresser inside the home. When handing the gun to his older brother, the gun went off.
Thus passeth another day in NRA Paradise.
Misdirection Play, A Civil Tongue Dept. 0
William Chafe reminds us of another time when the powers that be collapsed upon their fainting couches at the prospect of a “lack of civility.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to your elders.
Police say they have identified and interviewed suspects that were shooting guns in the area. They say the incident appears to be an accident and that the public is not in danger.