Day: December 19, 2005

While checking for updates on the NT password recovery situation noted here, I ran across a reference to an interesting page (noted in the same post 🙂 that I went back to read in full later, as time permitted.

There, I found this gem, probably well-known in some circles but new to me:

The Acts of Gord (Yes, that “r” is definitely supposed to be there.)

Priceless. Some of the best work I’ve seen. One small example, an excerpt from The Book of Annoyances:

Annoyances: Chapter 2
Wherein The Gord refuses to sell controllers he doesn’t have.

“Do you have any used dual shock controllers?”

No I don’t.

“Yes you do!”

I do?

“Right there!”

Those are the controllers for the demo machine.

“And right there!”

Those belong to the rental units.

“Just sell me one of those.”

And what would I use for rental machines?

“You could open new ones for those. “

Uhm, no.

“Why don’t you have any used controllers?”

Because they usually only come in with a used machine. As such, I sell them with the machines.

“So sell me one of those.”

And sell the machine with no controllers? That’ll go over well.

“You don’t want my business!”

How about I sell you something I have in stock like a new controller?

“I’ll take my business elsewhere.”

Would you mind? I would appreciate that.

There are twenty-four other such examples, just in The Book of Annoyances. Then there are the other nine Books…

Oh. My.

🙂

While checking for updates on the NT password recovery situation noted here, I ran across a reference to an interesting page (noted in the same post 🙂 that I went back to read in full later, as time permitted.

There, I found this gem, probably well-known in some circles but new to me:

The Acts of Gord (Yes, that “r” is definitely supposed to be there.)

Priceless. Some of the best work I’ve seen. One small example, an excerpt from The Book of Annoyances:

Annoyances: Chapter 2
Wherein The Gord refuses to sell controllers he doesn’t have.

“Do you have any used dual shock controllers?”

No I don’t.

“Yes you do!”

I do?

“Right there!”

Those are the controllers for the demo machine.

“And right there!”

Those belong to the rental units.

“Just sell me one of those.”

And what would I use for rental machines?

“You could open new ones for those. “

Uhm, no.

“Why don’t you have any used controllers?”

Because they usually only come in with a used machine. As such, I sell them with the machines.

“So sell me one of those.”

And sell the machine with no controllers? That’ll go over well.

“You don’t want my business!”

How about I sell you something I have in stock like a new controller?

“I’ll take my business elsewhere.”

Would you mind? I would appreciate that.

There are twenty-four other such examples, just in The Book of Annoyances. Then there are the other nine Books…

Oh. My.

🙂

While checking for updates on the NT password recovery situation noted here, I ran across a reference to an interesting page (noted in the same post 🙂 that I went back to read in full later, as time permitted.

There, I found this gem, probably well-known in some circles but new to me:

The Acts of Gord (Yes, that “r” is definitely supposed to be there.)

Priceless. Some of the best work I’ve seen. One small example, an excerpt from The Book of Annoyances:

Annoyances: Chapter 2
Wherein The Gord refuses to sell controllers he doesn’t have.

“Do you have any used dual shock controllers?”

No I don’t.

“Yes you do!”

I do?

“Right there!”

Those are the controllers for the demo machine.

“And right there!”

Those belong to the rental units.

“Just sell me one of those.”

And what would I use for rental machines?

“You could open new ones for those. “

Uhm, no.

“Why don’t you have any used controllers?”

Because they usually only come in with a used machine. As such, I sell them with the machines.

“So sell me one of those.”

And sell the machine with no controllers? That’ll go over well.

“You don’t want my business!”

How about I sell you something I have in stock like a new controller?

“I’ll take my business elsewhere.”

Would you mind? I would appreciate that.

There are twenty-four other such examples, just in The Book of Annoyances. Then there are the other nine Books…

Oh. My.

🙂

I had a chuckle when I ran across this:

“…People who visit my page using the Internet Explorer browser are automatically being redirected to a page which explains the fact that the US government has recommended that people stop using IE. After seeing Microsoft’s “answer” to this (the new security “features” built into Windows XP SP2) I can only agree with this recommendation- IE is indeed a dangerous browser…”

Go ahead. If you’re using Internet Exploder, do click on the link above. I set Opera to identify itself as IE just to check. Yep. Lotsa good info for die-hard Internet Exploder users there. You don’t leave your front door unlocked 24/7/365, do you? Park your new car in a shady neighborhood and leave the keys in it? Well, then why are you still using “Internet Exploder: the World’s Crappiest Browser”?

Over at Jo’s Cafe, I ran into her post about password woes on a Win2K computer. She feared she’d have to reformat and reinstall everything. Sadly, I didn’t get to her in time, it seems. *sigh*

Actually, this happens a lot. Folks with NT, Win2K or WinXP computers forget or lose their admin passwords, the SAM file gets corrupted or a malicious user who’s in an admin-priviledged session changes a password as a prank or to cause harm.

There are several ways around this, but the easiest is to boot into a Linux “live” session with a Linux boot CD and use any number of freely available utilities to delete the old password and assign a new one.

Here’s one well-thought-out system: Offline NT Password and Registry Editor. The site has links to two different versions, a floppy-based version and a CD iso you can simply burn using Nero or whatever. Do yourself a favor: download the boot disks/utilites and print out the FAQ. Save it in a safe place. It may save your data, or at least an expensive service call from a techie.

Several “rescue disks” are built around Knoppix (and see this Wiki), probably the first of the “Linux live” CDs. Neat thing: just boot from the CD and you’re running Linux-from the CD itself. Been around a while, and most Linux distros are imitating this. Knoppix is still PDG, though, and getting better all the time. This might help, too, if you have a techie bent:

Knoppix Hacks : 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools

Anyone who’s a Windows NT, 2K or XP user really ought to have a Linux “live” boot CD for emergencies, IMO. And one with additional “rescue” tools is even better.

I had a chuckle when I ran across this:

“…People who visit my page using the Internet Explorer browser are automatically being redirected to a page which explains the fact that the US government has recommended that people stop using IE. After seeing Microsoft’s “answer” to this (the new security “features” built into Windows XP SP2) I can only agree with this recommendation- IE is indeed a dangerous browser…”

Go ahead. If you’re using Internet Exploder, do click on the link above. I set Opera to identify itself as IE just to check. Yep. Lotsa good info for die-hard Internet Exploder users there. You don’t leave your front door unlocked 24/7/365, do you? Park your new car in a shady neighborhood and leave the keys in it? Well, then why are you still using “Internet Exploder: the World’s Crappiest Browser”?

Over at Jo’s Cafe, I ran into her post about password woes on a Win2K computer. She feared she’d have to reformat and reinstall everything. Sadly, I didn’t get to her in time, it seems. *sigh*

Actually, this happens a lot. Folks with NT, Win2K or WinXP computers forget or lose their admin passwords, the SAM file gets corrupted or a malicious user who’s in an admin-priviledged session changes a password as a prank or to cause harm.

There are several ways around this, but the easiest is to boot into a Linux “live” session with a Linux boot CD and use any number of freely available utilities to delete the old password and assign a new one.

Here’s one well-thought-out system: Offline NT Password and Registry Editor. The site has links to two different versions, a floppy-based version and a CD iso you can simply burn using Nero or whatever. Do yourself a favor: download the boot disks/utilites and print out the FAQ. Save it in a safe place. It may save your data, or at least an expensive service call from a techie.

Several “rescue disks” are built around Knoppix (and see this Wiki), probably the first of the “Linux live” CDs. Neat thing: just boot from the CD and you’re running Linux-from the CD itself. Been around a while, and most Linux distros are imitating this. Knoppix is still PDG, though, and getting better all the time. This might help, too, if you have a techie bent:

Knoppix Hacks : 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools

Anyone who’s a Windows NT, 2K or XP user really ought to have a Linux “live” boot CD for emergencies, IMO. And one with additional “rescue” tools is even better.

I had a chuckle when I ran across this:

“…People who visit my page using the Internet Explorer browser are automatically being redirected to a page which explains the fact that the US government has recommended that people stop using IE. After seeing Microsoft’s “answer” to this (the new security “features” built into Windows XP SP2) I can only agree with this recommendation- IE is indeed a dangerous browser…”

Go ahead. If you’re using Internet Exploder, do click on the link above. I set Opera to identify itself as IE just to check. Yep. Lotsa good info for die-hard Internet Exploder users there. You don’t leave your front door unlocked 24/7/365, do you? Park your new car in a shady neighborhood and leave the keys in it? Well, then why are you still using “Internet Exploder: the World’s Crappiest Browser”?

Over at Jo’s Cafe, I ran into her post about password woes on a Win2K computer. She feared she’d have to reformat and reinstall everything. Sadly, I didn’t get to her in time, it seems. *sigh*

Actually, this happens a lot. Folks with NT, Win2K or WinXP computers forget or lose their admin passwords, the SAM file gets corrupted or a malicious user who’s in an admin-priviledged session changes a password as a prank or to cause harm.

There are several ways around this, but the easiest is to boot into a Linux “live” session with a Linux boot CD and use any number of freely available utilities to delete the old password and assign a new one.

Here’s one well-thought-out system: Offline NT Password and Registry Editor. The site has links to two different versions, a floppy-based version and a CD iso you can simply burn using Nero or whatever. Do yourself a favor: download the boot disks/utilites and print out the FAQ. Save it in a safe place. It may save your data, or at least an expensive service call from a techie.

Several “rescue disks” are built around Knoppix (and see this Wiki), probably the first of the “Linux live” CDs. Neat thing: just boot from the CD and you’re running Linux-from the CD itself. Been around a while, and most Linux distros are imitating this. Knoppix is still PDG, though, and getting better all the time. This might help, too, if you have a techie bent:

Knoppix Hacks : 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools

Anyone who’s a Windows NT, 2K or XP user really ought to have a Linux “live” boot CD for emergencies, IMO. And one with additional “rescue” tools is even better.

OK, I have even less interest in seeing Brokeback Mountain than the usual Hollyweird drivel. But. (Oh, this is so hard to type while I’m laughing!) How clueless is Hollyweird to tout a movie about two homosexual shepherds as a “cowboy” flick?

Yep. That’s right. The two “cowboy lovers” the flick is built around are… sheep herders.

“‘We herded sheep on Brokeback one summer,’said Ennis…”

What?!? “Sheepboys”? They couldn’t find a cute lil ewe? Or did Hollyweird atypically just leave the love triangle on the cutting room floor?

*Ewww!*

Clipped and dipped at Conservative Cat and Is It Just Me?.

OK, I have even less interest in seeing Brokeback Mountain than the usual Hollyweird drivel. But. (Oh, this is so hard to type while I’m laughing!) How clueless is Hollyweird to tout a movie about two homosexual shepherds as a “cowboy” flick?

Yep. That’s right. The two “cowboy lovers” the flick is built around are… sheep herders.

“‘We herded sheep on Brokeback one summer,’said Ennis…”

What?!? “Sheepboys”? They couldn’t find a cute lil ewe? Or did Hollyweird atypically just leave the love triangle on the cutting room floor?

*Ewww!*

Clipped and dipped at Conservative Cat and Is It Just Me?.

OK, I have even less interest in seeing Brokeback Mountain than the usual Hollyweird drivel. But. (Oh, this is so hard to type while I’m laughing!) How clueless is Hollyweird to tout a movie about two homosexual shepherds as a “cowboy” flick?

Yep. That’s right. The two “cowboy lovers” the flick is built around are… sheep herders.

“‘We herded sheep on Brokeback one summer,’said Ennis…”

What?!? “Sheepboys”? They couldn’t find a cute lil ewe? Or did Hollyweird atypically just leave the love triangle on the cutting room floor?

*Ewww!*

Clipped and dipped at Conservative Cat and Is It Just Me?.

*sigh*

Yeh, yeh: Dog bites man and the feds “spy” on citizens’ international communications.

¡Quelle surprise!

*yawn*

I really, really did NOT want to give the latest LLMB/MMPA meme any ink (so I haven’t stated the meme-ish sound bite), but I’ve had several folks ask in email why I haven’t, so I’ll answer that here.

It’s not news. And it’s not the threat to our civil liberties that the Loony Left Moonbat Brigade and the Mass Media Podpeople’s Army would have us think. It was, as Michelle Malkin and others have pointed out, simply a means of

1. pushing the Iraq elections out of headline space
2. attempting (and apprently succeeding) to kill the Patriot Act
3. shilling (in the lead article from the New York Slimes) a book, which I’ll not give any promo by even naming here.

And James, at Upsated, has the final (well, almost 🙂 word:

“Do you think that your [sic] communication is private? Believe me when I say its [sic] not. With just a small amount of cash, I could monitor my entire town. From cellphones to hardlines, anybody with just a passing knowledge of the Telco industry could listen to everything you say. Hearing your so called private conversations is a snap.”

Yep. (And, BTW, you know that around 75% of the wireless networked computers in just about anyone’s neck of the woods are wide open to anyone who wants to browse them? People who don’t care enough about their privacy to close the doors-or at least close the curtains-shouldn’t “get frisky” on the living room floor… )

h.t. to Jo’s Cafe for the Upstated link.