Tim Bray’s ongoing · Software Patents from the Inside gives a pretty good view, but the conclusion is the best part.
A cynic would say it’s a self-perpetuating system whose costs greatly outweigh its benefits, and that we’re hopelessly stuck in it. But then, I’m a cynic.
Tim Bray’s ongoing · Software Patents from the Inside gives a pretty good view, but the conclusion is the best part.
A cynic would say it’s a self-perpetuating system whose costs greatly outweigh its benefits, and that we’re hopelessly stuck in it. But then, I’m a cynic.
Passed along at work and I could not resist.
BODY MEETING
All the organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who was
the one in charge.
“I should be in charge,” said the brain, “because I run all the body’s systems, so without me nothing would happen.”
“I should be in charge,” said the blood, “because I circulate oxygen all over so without me you’d all waste away.”
“I should be in charge,” said the stomach,” because I process food and give all of you energy.”
“I should be in charge,” said the legs, “because I carry the body wherever it needs to go.”
“I should be in charge,” said the eyes, “because I allow the body to see where it goes.”
“I should be in charge,” said the rectum, “because I’m responsible for waste removal.”
All the other body parts laughed at the rectum and insulted him, so in a huff, he shut down tight.
Within a few days, the brain had a terrible headache, the stomach was bloated, the legs got wobbly, the eyes got watery, and the blood was toxic.
They all decided that the rectum should be the boss.
The Moral of the story?
The asshole is usually in charge.
Passed along at work and I could not resist.
BODY MEETING
All the organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who was
the one in charge.
“I should be in charge,” said the brain, “because I run all the body’s systems, so without me nothing would happen.”
“I should be in charge,” said the blood, “because I circulate oxygen all over so without me you’d all waste away.”
“I should be in charge,” said the stomach,” because I process food and give all of you energy.”
“I should be in charge,” said the legs, “because I carry the body wherever it needs to go.”
“I should be in charge,” said the eyes, “because I allow the body to see where it goes.”
“I should be in charge,” said the rectum, “because I’m responsible for waste removal.”
All the other body parts laughed at the rectum and insulted him, so in a huff, he shut down tight.
Within a few days, the brain had a terrible headache, the stomach was bloated, the legs got wobbly, the eyes got watery, and the blood was toxic.
They all decided that the rectum should be the boss.
The Moral of the story?
The asshole is usually in charge.
In the spirate of muckhead‘s recent site change I decided to take the plunge. I have been sitting on the basic design, heavly influenced by linuxart.com for sever al weeks. Figured it was time to go with it and fix any problems live. Sound off on any glitches, requestes, bitches and such.
In the spirate of muckhead‘s recent site change I decided to take the plunge. I have been sitting on the basic design, heavly influenced by linuxart.com for sever al weeks. Figured it was time to go with it and fix any problems live. Sound off on any glitches, requestes, bitches and such.
I have been a SimCity fan since the playing the first verison on a 286. Absolutely loved the game. Even went so far as to play hookie from life for week playing SimCity2k. Ever since the release of SimCity4 I have been waiting. Waiting for a demo just in case but finally I broke down and made the purchase. I have to give Maxix/EA a thumbs up on the out of the box. The tutorial was great, quick to the point and picked with a real game play at the end. The visuals were stunning. All in all it should have made for a great game. See the should? For some reason it was just absolutely no fun to play. Maybe the series has been played to death. Maybe they just didn’t really add anything imediately new and captivating. Regardless 0 fun factor.
So while on almost every level I would give it a thumbs up it gets a “sucked” and deleted from the harddrive.
I have been a SimCity fan since the playing the first verison on a 286. Absolutely loved the game. Even went so far as to play hookie from life for week playing SimCity2k. Ever since the release of SimCity4 I have been waiting. Waiting for a demo just in case but finally I broke down and made the purchase. I have to give Maxix/EA a thumbs up on the out of the box. The tutorial was great, quick to the point and picked with a real game play at the end. The visuals were stunning. All in all it should have made for a great game. See the should? For some reason it was just absolutely no fun to play. Maybe the series has been played to death. Maybe they just didn’t really add anything imediately new and captivating. Regardless 0 fun factor.
So while on almost every level I would give it a thumbs up it gets a “sucked” and deleted from the harddrive.
I don’t know if they really qualify as censored but definately under reported, The Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2002-2003.
I don’t know if they really qualify as censored but definately under reported, The Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2002-2003.