Ramblings of a Programmer

So many people feel like the government owes them something.  We pay so much in taxes; the government should provide services for us like health care.  Yes, we do pay too much in taxes, but the government does not owe us anything, especially government sponsored health care.  I do not want a president who wants to tax us even more so that they can pay for health care for all Americans.  There would be way too much red tape and bureaucracy.  Where would you turn if something happened?  Think you will sue the government?  No, they are providing you with that “free” service.

Everyone should watch this particular video, especially those who  feel like the government owes them something.

http://www.freemarketcure.com/brainsurgery.php

It was announced today that Sun is purchasing MySQL for around $1 Billion (USD).  This equates to $800 million for privately held stock and acquisition of another $200 million in remaining stock.  I guess we will have to wait and see if this is a good deal for MySQL or if this will be the end of one of the best open source companies since 1995.

What a twit! I just don’t understand some people. Why would you post your bank account information in a public editorial about your denial of identity theft? How absurd is that? It would serve the person right if he got cleaned out.

Well, that is exactly what happened to Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear. His bank account was promptly debited for about £500 after his editorial was published. It really serves him right.

However, the thing that bothers me about this is the statement in the article about his mishap where Clarkson is quoted as saying, “The bank cannot find out who did this because of the Data Protection Act and they cannot stop it from happening again“.

What kind of security is this? Are you telling me that England has some kind of law that prevents authorities from capturing electronic thieves because it would break their Data Protection Act? Now that is the absurd part of this entire story!

Someone at work just mentioned that a co-worker emailed and said she had to return to the courthouse today for voir dire. From the dictionary, this term refers to the process by which lawyers selectively weed out prospective jurors to come up with the selected jurors for a trial. The term comes from Middle French.

TWH-Funny-28, originally uploaded by TALLAHASSEE WILD HOGS.

I saw this photo on Flickr tonight. It is the funniest thing that I have ever seen. The Flickr member that took this captured a great shot.

If you are traveling anytime after today, you should make note of the new policy of the Department of Transportation which prohibits loose lithium ion batteries in checked baggage effective January 1, 2008.

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/batteries.shtm

My wife and I have recently gone through Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University course. As such, we did not spend anything on credit this year for Christmas. It just so happens that Sunday’s Jump Start comic in the paper talked about this very thing. It was quite funny. The link below is to the Jump Start comic strip for 12/23/2007 at comics.com

http://www.comics.com/comics/jumpstart/archive/jumpstart-20071223.html

Merry Christmas to all! I hope that everyone has a safe and joyous holiday season.

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Willie, over at ITtoolbox has a good reminder about Daylight Savings Time.