Still trying to figure out how “Stand your ground” translates to “Pursue and attack,” and now Geraldo Rivera (remember him?) chimes in with “He asked for it! Look what he was wearing!” WTF?
Asides
Constantly astonished at how slow Facebook’s Android app is. If I can’t load the news feed while waiting for an elevator, something’s wrong.
I’m constantly astonished at how slow Facebook’s Android app is. If it can’t load my news feed while *waiting for an elevator*, something’s wrong with it. (And that’s when GPS is off. If GPS is on, it sits even longer trying to figure out where I am, even though it doesn’t actually need the location info.)
Google+ and UberSocial (a third-party Twitter app) are both a lot faster to load content, AND they can both sync in the background, so there’s at least something for me to read more or less instantly. Facebook does have a “refresh interval,” but as near as I can tell it doesn’t do anything, or maybe it’s the interval for checking notifications.
/rant
Mitochondrial Eve
Comment in response to The 10 Most Successful Failures in Geekdom
Apologies in advance for the nitpicking, but this is one of those things that Just Bugs Me(tm), and it seems to come up every time the BSG finale is mentioned.
The “Mitochondrial Eve” concept doesn’t mean everyone else died out. It’s finding a common ancestor based on the fact that we only inherit mitochondria from our mothers.
Start with two families. One has all girls, or a mix of girls and boys. The other has all boys. The mother who has girls? Her grandchildren will inherit her mitochondria. The mother who has all boys? Her mitochondrial line will disappear, even if she has more grandchildren than the first.
One character being Mitochondrial Eve doesn’t mean every other family died out. It just means that over time, each other line had at least one generation of all boys.
OK Bye
Walking down the hall at WonderCon, I heard someone saying, “I think so, Brain…” in a perfect Pinky voice. I looked over and it was Rob Paulsen. ‘Kay bye.
Sure, I’ll happily fill out a survey on the experience I had using your online
Sure, I'll happily fill out a survey on the experience I had using your online store that one time five or six months ago.
I’ve got a handheld connection to a worldwide network of information, communication and entertainment, and
I've got a handheld connection to a worldwide network of information, communication and entertainment, and the signal's solid. If I'm bored waiting in line, it's my own fault.
Oh look, a website that still thinks disabling right-click accomplishes anything other than annoying people who use context menus & gestures
Oh look, a website that still thinks disabling right-click accomplishes anything other than annoying people who use context menus & gestures
I remember when Geoff Johns wrote “Blitz” and “Ignition”
I remember when Geoff Johns wrote “Blitz” and “Ignition” in order to make the points that (a) heroes don’t need tragedy to make them great and (b) grim & gritty and decompression have their place, but aren’t the best fit for a character like the Flash.
Then a few years later he gave us Flash: Rebirth, Flashpoint, and the New 52.
Not sure what’s the bigger surprise: seeing a Volt in the wild, or that it got a parking spot next to an outlet across from the airport.
Not sure what’s the bigger surprise: seeing a Chevy Volt in the wild, or that the driver managed to get a parking space next to an electrical outlet in a structure that offers parking for LAX.
Must remember to check weather BEFORE taking J to the park. Though since the forecast…
Must remember to check weather BEFORE taking J to the park. Though since the forecast still says 75, not the 85 degrees it actually is, it might not have helped that much.
I’m amazed at how high above the horizon Venus is these days.
I’m amazed at how high above the horizon Venus is these days. And with Jupiter so close to it in the sky, you can really see how much brighter Venus is.
Next clear day I’m going to have to try spotting Venus in daylight again. I should’ve tried a few days ago when I could use the moon as a guide.
Interesting: Coffee consumption has gone up so much since installing a single-cup brewer that the…
Interesting: Coffee consumption has gone up so much since installing a single-cup brewer that the office has switched from providing Mini-Moos to putting a half-gallon of half & half in the refrigerator.
Clicking
I was worried that a clicking sound was coming from the new hard drive, but I couldn’t hear it with my ear next to the computer. Then I realized: it’s just bubbles echoing in my almost-empty soda can.
“Please don’t put the music player in the coffee mug.”
File this under things I never thought I’d say: “Please don’t put the music player in the coffee mug.”
Just leaving a TMBG concert. Walked past someone moving chairs.
Just leaving a TMBG concert. Walked past someone moving chairs.
The general public *does* think his name is Shazam.
The general public does think his name is Shazam. Just like they think the Flash’s name is Gordon.
Heck, sometimes they think the Flash’s name is Shazam.
I wish I were making this up.
J managed to get his hands on the laptop keyboard while neither of us was…
J managed to get his hands on the laptop keyboard while neither of us was looking. Among the things he launched: the debug tools for the web browser. I'll pretend for a moment that he knew what he was doing.
Toes
This week, J has decided that my toes are the funniest! thing! ever!
Basic UI design: buttons that trigger slow actions (like brewing coffee) must cause IMMEDIATE feedback so the user knows it’s working.
Basic UI design: buttons that trigger slow actions (like brewing coffee) must cause IMMEDIATE feedback so the user knows it’s working.
Problems with SOPA
“if you’re not breaking the law, you have nothing to fear from SOPA.”
Really?
Feds Falsely Censor Popular Blog For Over A Year, Deny All Due Process, Hide All Details…
And this is under the current law, without the additional tools SOPA provides.
Also, check out CloudFlare’s article about how they already have to deal with people sending bogus DMCA complaints in order to get the data needed to launch DDoS attacks. With SOPA, why bother to launch the DDoS, when you can get the law to do your dirty work for you?
Even the pro-copyright-enforcement Heritage Foundation warns about unintended consequences of the law. It doesn’t matter if the law is only intended to go after rogue sites if it’s written in a way that applies to legit sites as well, and it doesn’t matter who’s targeted if the solutions imposed result in major collateral damage.
Consider also that the “techno-elite” you’re referring to are the people and companies who built and run the Internet, and includes companies like Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Mozilla, PayPal and Wikipedia. Not just their users, but the companies. It seems they might know something about how it works, and how this law would affect it.
“I just don’t see opposing intellectual property protection as doing the right thing.”
Again, you’re falling into that second trap, where “something must be done” implies “this thing must be done.” There are other ways to protect IP than by passing SOPA or Protect IP in its current form.