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An interesting little piece on Microsoft, about them telling the world that Open Source software is a waste of money.
Excuse me?
Rambling outbursts like this amuse me sometimes, which is why I posted it for you. It goes on to suggest that open source software is not free, because the companies supporting it are commercially motivated, just like Microsoft. Ho hum. One thing they fail to pick up on is that those who choose to help themselves aren’t subject to a squillion and one security updates, ID trackers and monster license fees.
Maybe I’ve got the wrong end of some stick here, but it looks like Micro$oft wants make clear to the world that when you program Open Source, you program Communism. Interestingly enough, they’re trying to sell this viewpoint to the East, most notably China and the rest of the rapidly developing nations out there. I wonder if they’ve noticed that they’re not Capitalists? Mind you, it wouldn’t be unlike good old Uncle Sam to roam into a country ignorant to said country’s social and economic quirks… :S

Something on my desk is rattling, so I will stop typing until I’ve nailled it down.

My foam-mouthed ranting could go either way this morning, as I am waiting for a customer support helpline to open. Why so? Yesterday I bought some parts from EBuyer.co.uk (No, they do not get a link from me, they don’t deserve one yet.)
In true UK E-Retailler fashion they have dispatched, as always, the wrong parts. The item in question this time is a Chieftec BX02-B-B-Sl Case. A quick shufty at the Chieftec website indicates that said case is all black, save for the center panel. What I received was a BX02-B-Sl-B, which not only looks thoroughly homosexual but is also THE WRONG CASE.

Why does this always happen to me? I am being tested.

The EBuyer support lines open at 9am, so I will be venting my spleen at them shortly. The results of said venting will doubtless be aired here soon.

*UPDATE*

I called their support line and spoke to the lovely Karen, who said she’d do all she could to arrange for free courier collection of the case today. Just a few moments ago, a Citylink van turned up and whisked it away. So, the case will be with them tomorrow, and hopefully when I pester them around 1100hrs, they’ll dispatch a replacement same-day to get to me by Thursday.
I live in hope.
All is not lost, my DVD writer (NEC2500a) arrived earlier also, so I’ll be bunging that in soon and backing up all my work, finally! I bet as soon as I publish this, my main HDD explodes in a puff of smo…

What is it with Wall Street and business directors? All they want is profit, profit profit. Profit has become the sole measure of success for a business these days and if you’re not making any, you’re obviously failling.
But hang on a moment.
If you’re providing a top-rate service, you pay all your workers a healthy salary, you have provided for business expansion, refurbished your offices and on top of that paid yourself a big fat salary then, well, why measure the business success by the money you haven’t spent and have left over?
My case in point is British Airways, once again the BBC starting my rant juices flowing.
They were “suffering” from falling profits. Lets see, this year their profits are up around 100 million on last year. “Gee wow” go the shareholders and economists. Ain’t that dandy? Well, to be honest, no. They’ve sacked countless employees, scrapped flight routes, stuffed planes in the hangar and I’m betting the workers canteen has either closed or is at least no longer subsidised.
In my eyes, British Airways is stumbling down the well-advertised path to false economic glory and humanitarian faliure.

When will these pig ignorant brokers and directors get the message? How does the huge profit help the company? It doesn’t. Sure, money in the bank could buy more planes, lead to pay rises or a new canteen, etc, but if you scrapped that to get the damn profit in the first place you’re just eating your own tail. Money-mad greedy investors and people who control the ephemeral “values” represented on the stock market will destroy the place. I guarantee it. Not only that, but whilst the average UK worker is sat at home, wondering how he’ll pay his rent, the damn bastards at the top will be contemplating whether spend this years profit excess on having their yachts refurbished in beige or charcoal.

I have been quiet for a week.
Can’t tell you why, but the time just seemed to flap past without me logging into my website. Happens a lot. I keep promising myself to take more photo’s but it’s not happening.

Ok, now the post.

This BBC article about a wallaby being kicked to death made me bloody angry this morning.
The 3 shits who did this, the 3 arrogant, insolent and downright evil wastes of carbon and air that did this need to be disposed of, humanely if possible, but if they have to be flayed of their skin and drowned in hot tar then so be it.

These murderers will not receive any punishment because the UK legal system is powerless to dispense it. My girlfriend works with young criminals, so I have a fairly good perspective on how utterly incapable the UK’s system is for dealing with under-16 white trash. Was this the fault of the parents? Who knows, fact is there are 3 twisted, brainless murdering brats out there who will just laugh this off and go their own way.

You have to have a licence to own a dog. Any cretin can have a kid.

Really, really angry.

Recently the rapping chap Eminem won a case against a UK company who were using the domain eminemmobile.com to run their business. Now they have to hand it back to him within 10 days.
As much sympathy as I have for the multi-million-dollar music star discovering to his horror he can’t register what is obviously his number1 choice for a domain, I can’t help but wonder what would have happened if he was no more than a regular Joe on the street without the ability to summon more lawers than Harvard to his cause ?
I want someone to register www.denyerecshop.com or something, so that I may win a similar case and prove to the world that money doesn’t really buy justice.

Watch out Eminem. If Bill Gates decides that ‘Eminem’ would be a nice release name for the next build of windows, you might find yourself evicted from your cyber homes…

For the evidence suggesting that money buys you justice these days, skip to the BBC article.

Nothing much for today. I feel like crap (Cold) and am having another “Wouldn’t it be so much easier to be hit my a truck” moment. The only thing that tickled me on the BBC today was an article about junkfood, the irony was truly painful and the last bit really tickled me.

As though to emphasise the size of the task, a documentary (“Super Size Me”) is about to be broadcast in America featuring a person who eats nothing but McDonald’s meals for a month – and who gains 25 pounds in weight.

For the British, that translates into nearly 2 stones.

If McDonalds can make the reverse come true, then they deserve some serious praise. I wonder if everyone will forget their involvement with deforestation if they fix obesity? Probably.

Well I’m doing OK. No near misses yesterday and I’m feeling confident 😉
A quick browse through the BBC today revealed this breath of fresh air. Finally a vacuous lawsuit rejected, I want to see more of these to be honest. The story is of a ballerina who was sacked because she was too fat. She tried to go for the kill and get £1,000,000 in compensation by claiming that ballet was an art of the soul, not of the kilogram.
Ok lady, try telling that to the poor sap in tights that has to get you airbourne.
If it was an art of the soul, I’d be using it to do the gardening and lift cars over my head. If you’re not fit to fly, lose some cargo!
I reckon unfair dismissal suits are going to crop up in the airline field soon. Airlines hire slim, svelt and small people because they fit down the aisles and they don’t contribute greatly to fuel load. If you’re a 300lb knuckledragger then don’t be shocked if you fail the interview, deal with it. Obesity to me represents a certain lack of willpower, and when it comes to apportioning blame don’t try and sue your boss, your partner or your favorite burger bar. No. Write your legal claim backwards and hand it over to the guy in the mirror.

The lengths people go to to “personalise” themselves is approaching ever more ridiculous heights it seems. Browsing the BBC, as I do, I came across this article on eye jewellery.
Can anyone tell me what on earth these people are thinking? I can imagine coming across someone with one, and offering to help them get the swarf out of their eye…

What next? Fashionable amputations?