Monthly Archive for September, 2008

Ideas (mostly cat based)

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jonh
on Friday, September 26, 2008
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* Mints for Cats — cats smell nice, but their breath is terrible, [sadly this has already been done]

* Tissues for Cats — cats have small noses, when they get a cold it’s like being shot at with a small air gun, (not yet available :)

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Biodiesel

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on Friday, September 26, 2008
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I like biodiesel I think it’s a great recycling idea, unfortunately being a cyclist it’s by far and away the worst fuel to breathe in. It really hangs in the air and tastes like a kind of burnt barbecue, any chance someone can create a filter for it?

This might sound like a small problem but it’s surprising is how many cars that overtake me are using it, it’s a lot more than you’d think!

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Warner Brothers I’m pretty sure everyone now hates you

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on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
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A court in the Indian capital Delhi has rejected a lawsuit filed by Hollywood company Warner Bros against the makers of a Bollywood film Hari Puttar.

Seriously, stop even trying this kind of crap — what’s next??! you going to sue people because their titles are anagrams of yours?? Pathetic.

Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7628948.stm

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Home computer support people — you need this!

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jonh
on Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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Do your parents phone you up asking questions about the computer?

YES?

Then you need [Gisto]

We created Gitso as a frontend to reverse VNC connections. It is meant to be a simple two-step process that connects one person to another’s screen. First, the support person offers to give support. Second, the person who needs help connects and has their screen remotely visible. Because Gitso is cross-platform (Ubuntu, OS X and Windows) and uses a reverse VNC connection, it greatly simplifies the process of getting support.

What this really means is that only you — the techy guy — has to open a port on your router! Which is good, cos you’re the one what knows what you’re doing! :)

If you’re doing this from a Mac then I’d strongly recommend using this [Chicken of VNC] and just listen for connections rather than using Gitso as it’s a pain in the ass for OSX (at least on 10.4 anyways).

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Why is everyone so fucking stupid? (Energy prices)

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jonh
on Friday, September 5, 2008
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WARNING: CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND OPINIONS

On the way home from work this Friday afternoon I had the misfortune to catch the [PM program on Radio 4] (that’ll teach me not to ride to work).

The main discussion topic was about the recent energy price increases.

I’d just like to go through a few of points made during this program to point out how remarkably short sighted they are:

  1. “…Gordon Brown has said no to the idea of extra cash to pay for energy bills this winter in favor of improving home insulation — a move that has angered many back benchers in the party”
  2. “…many old people will die this winter”
  3. “..the government have flip-flopped between supporting and not-supporting an improved home insulation policy”
  4. “…when I arranged a visit from the subsidised loft insulation company they said it would be January until it could be installed due to a lack of fitters. The Government can’t expect to train all these people over night”

OK, now lets go through each point ripping it to shreds with something called “intelligence”.

  1. Insulating peoples homes is LONG TERM SOLUTION ™. Any one who thinks giving an extra tenner to people who can’t pay their energy bill is just trying to keep them quiet. Cheap energy is running out, it’s not going to get any cheaper, no amount of handouts is going to change that. But insulating peoples homes better and encouraging people to buy energy saving products will! Obviously I’m not counting the retards that still love their non-energy saving light bulbs here, they’re going to freeze to death like natural selection intended them to do in the first place
  2. Yes many old people will die this winter - that’s what happens when you get old, you die. But you know if these old dudes had properly insulated houses perhaps they could at least die warm.
  3. The Government haven’t ‘flip-flopped’ they’ve reacted, before the massive price increases it wasn’t actually that important to everyday people, it wasn’t the kind of this you got elected for. I’d much rather have a reactive Government than one that sat around with its fingers in its ears
  4. YES THEY CAN! It’s loft insulation! It’s not fucking rocket science! YOU CAN DO IT YOUR SELF!! Go to B&Q or Homebase they’ve shitloads of the stuff! They’ve even got [guides on fitting it]! Now shut your stupid face up!

Right well that’s made me feel a lot better….

/discuss

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