http://robertb.stumbleupon.com/ robertb's recent comments & reviews on StumbleUpon en-us Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:43:07 -0800 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:13:53 -0800 http://robertb.stumbleupon.com/ http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/images/logo_su_36x36.png Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:04:23 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/7OFTh0/www.stumbleupon.com/trynow/t:4af9fa8be29e9;src:reviews http://robertb.stumbleupon.com/review/36728155/

My background is all white instead of my lovely purple. Doesn't seem to be a way to change it. I'll stick with the old for now.

]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.stumbleupon.com/trynow/ Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:46:59 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/9EojWL/news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091004/ap_on_bi_ge/us_good_jobs_unfilled/t:4af9fa8be29e9;src:reviews http://robertb.stumbleupon.com/review/36617021/

It's starting again -- the businesses are complaining about lack of skilled people.

I think they should just hire the people that Microsoft and Yahoo laid off, many of whom had very, very impressive technical skills.

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After reading a bit about global climate change, I decided that the biggest source of problems is agriculture. The way I look at it, there should be a program which should include:
• strong incentives to have fewer children and strong incentives to have no children (e.g., free contraception and sterilization)
• the return of the Victory Garden (or some other name -- what's the opposite of global climate change??) but imposing a ban on ruminants (which generate methane), which will help minimize the impact of factory farming and its associated carbon production.

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Wow. I had no idea that this song was about a vasectomy. I wonder if this song subconsciously influenced me years ago to go childfree...

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I'm just hoping someone comes up with the "Political Intelligence Fund" which should naturally dilute the real value of this.

Or, if the STOCK Act actually passes, it'll accomplish about the same thing.

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This just saved my butt. I upgraded to latest version of grub and got the dreaded "Error 15". This thing is so damn smart!
I recommend creating one of these before you upgrade grub.

]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.supergrubdisk.org/ Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:31:24 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/5sLfmN/www.edge.org/3rd_culture/rushkoff09/rushkoff09_index.html/t:4af9fa8be29e9;src:reviews http://robertb.stumbleupon.com/review/35878952/

I used to really dislike Rushkoff, when he was writing about technology and his vision of it. But, his economic insights are right on. As a citizen of the United States, I agree with his fears that the U.S. no longer exports anything and the country is just biding time until reckoning day. Sadly, I think the U.S. will be forced to become a global military empire, much like Rome, just wrestling away resources from other countries rather than any attempt at trade.

]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.edge.org/3rd_culture/rushkoff09/rushkoff09_index.html Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:25:59 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/2zgGP3/linuxgazette.net/165/maiorano.html/t:4af9fa8be29e9;src:reviews http://robertb.stumbleupon.com/review/35736596/

I use Truecrypt on my Ubuntu-based laptop. It's still vulnerable to the cold memory problem, but, since most people don't know about that, it's probably safe.

]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/linuxgazette.net/165/maiorano.html Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:45:58 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/20coCy/www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPmsH7-OY4s/t:4af9fa8be29e9;src:reviews http://robertb.stumbleupon.com/review/35270359/

It's interesting to answer these questions. For me, it was hardest to answer the "passion" (love) questions. I think it would've been easier to answer these sorts of questions when I was younger, but it seems like it's harder to put my finger on one thing or even a small set of things the older I get.

It would be interesting to answer these questions on an yearly/annual basis and see how they change over time.

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No has the Comment of the Day..

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