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- November 25, 2018
- Lost in Upgrades
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It's a difficult matter to maintain cutting edge technology.
I have been implementing a new distro of my OS on the mail server.
I rather wish I had waited but it's too late after you blow away the existing install.
The new distribution (like so many of the older ones) presents features unknown to me and requiring research and study of the modules and their impact upon operations.
Luckily, I have advised the critical others regarding the mail server's status and now have the time to pursue this matter.
Today I will reinstall for the fourth time.
Each time the install is quicker because I am better prepared for it.
They say that the resilient young become the wise old.
I keep wondering what the resilient old become ...
Technology marches on.
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- November 23, 2018
- Chuck Schumer's gd Birthday
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It's democratic idiot and rude yankee loud mouth Charles Ellis Schumer's birthday.
As the senior United States Senator from New York he along with his boorish colleague Maxine Waters ought to just crawl into some nasty Bohemian Grove hole and die.
Only then will they become "good" politicians.
Schumer exhibits the same screwed up 'preferred personal pronoun' mentality as a lot of those others ignorant of reality and facts from from New York ... including would be New Yorker, breaker of US law, killer of US soldiers, and looter of US public office, Hillary Clinton and her up and coming offspring Chelseeh who likely will grow up to monetize public office in the best traditions of her biological mama and stepfather, Bill.
If ever there were a more suitable target for the upcoming false flag UFO attacks in preparations it is the democratic party of the United States.
I just hope they aim those powerful earth-made particle beam weapons from those earth-made crafts with all the rivets in the right place.
Phonies taking out the other phonies ... how apropos that would be indeed.
Happy Birthday Chuck. Now go somewhere and die. Preferably a horrible lingering death. You and Maxine should have the courtesy to stop poisoning the air by breathing it.
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- November 22, 2018
- Happy Thanksgiving 2018
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- November 21, 2018
- Björk Guðmundsdóttir
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Björk Guðmundsdóttir is an Icelandic musician who does an eccletic mix of techno and experimental pieces which have caught my attention since the 1980s.
My first real interest began with her rendition of "Birthday" in 1987 for all the imagery and the alleged controversial meaning said to be behind the lyrics.
She has done a fair amount of trip hop (aka portishead sound) pieces which I have also found quite interesting and has collaborated with a great number of artists and multitude of projects.
Her range is stupendous and her lyrics typically intriguing and then there are her various interactions which make the news that just rounds her out to be the total interesting package for a guy with diverse interests like me.
She also indulges various interests which are not in her musical realm such as acting and that too piques my interest in her from time to time.
Anyway, once you go Björk you never go back ... and I haven't.
She's quite a multifaceted talent and today is her birthday.
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- November 20, 2018
- Transgender Day of Remembrance 2018
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The Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), also known as the International Transgender Day of Remembrance to memorialize those who have been murdered as a result of a nonexistent thing called "transphobia."
The "phobia" misnomers have somewhat confused me since their inception because they imply a "fear of" something where none exists.
A person in fear ls not likely to bash your ignorant of reality made up fake female booty and leave you bleeding in a ditch. Indeed, the "phobic" persons should be those who ignore reality and the facts of genetics and sexuality for their "feelings". For they are the endangered misguided species ... not the 'transphobic' animal doing the murdering.
While personally I am a "live and let live" kind of guy and not likely to take it upon myself to deprive you of your civil rights — like the right to respire and metabolize for your inability to realize what and who you are. I likewise do not care to indulge this fantasy that you're a "man" or "woman" just because that's the way you feel.
Also, it's quite a stupid idea to bring a stick to a gun fight and pick up rattlesnakes and such because you might "feel" they're harmless when they're not.
The existential facts care nothing about your feelings. They simply are what they are.
I respectfully submit that gender dysphoria is not "normal" by any stretch of the imagination and when you decide to force your lack of normality on some others you take your life into your own hands.
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- November 19, 2018
- Tony's Second Anniversary
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- November 18, 2018
- A funny thing happened on the way to a blog post
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I was going to do one of my patented rants ... this time regarding various recent events and give those involved a goodly ration of crap ...
Anyway after about three solid paragraphs of rant I found myself extolling what I view as good security on a multihomed local area network with a DMZ and then low and behold:
Twelve paragraphs later I had fully described my topology and security secrets in no uncertain terms for the entirety of the world to see.
Needless to say I deleted the whole 15 or so paragraphs and wrote this little thingie instead.
Suffice it to say; I don't need anyone knowing everything I have going on ... both in my DMZ and behind my firewall. I've got plenty of both and it's simply something I'd rather keep to myself. I guess it's not only the prerogative of women to change their minds abruptly.
Just slap me silly and call me Susan. She's the stupidest person known to me.
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- November 17, 2018
- World Prematurity Day 2018
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Premature birth implies a newborn which is not fully developed and therefore less than able to attain a status of 'thriving' with some even likely to expire before they've even began to really live.
World Prematurity Day comes around each November 17 since 2008 (with official recognition in 2011) in an effort to bring awareness of preterm birth children to the fore in the presence of some 15 million such babies being born annually.
Those birth defects and other perinatal disabilities prematurity cultivates in newborns limiting their survival rates is the aim of the understanding to be imparted by this day which has become an international observance.
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- November 16, 2018
- Pursuing the Mature Firewall
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Firewalls are an evolving process in the network. A while back I was a single IP out there with a high capacity modem and gigabit router.
My needs ultimately became the 5 node monstrosity I have now which lends it self to attack on each of those fronts.
Keeping the bad people out of my stuff is now one of my top considerations. This stems from the rather harrowing adventures in long reading I undertake as an aspect of daily operations.
A little thought ahead of blind blocking has gone a long way to streamline my rule set and keep you from falling into the pit of having to revamp everything when you discover that the bulk of your problems come from limited networks.
My recent rebuild has left me with everything commented and those regions I know give me the most trouble being identified and curtailed from access.
I orginally blocked seven Class A nets because they were from regions I knew were rife with exploits. That number has grown and now I keep much of Europe and Asia at bay.
The fact that China and other problem traffic buy space in domestic networks to sidestep my firewall doesn't do much other than slow down the process because my daily log reviews have been getting those too.
What used to be a gazillion or so subnets has been greatly reduced by going for the Class A roots of all evil in my environment. I just wish they would forget about me, but you can tell they haven't when I rebuild the rules because there they all are hitting my servers with wild abandon.
They've pretty much kept up with the address changes quite well.
The moral of the story is don't go crazy with that new fangled firewall you bought then hurriedly decided to put to work. Think about where those threats originate and how much easier a few rules are to manage compared to a hundred thousand or so.
In my defense all I can say is I'm well over 25 years getting to this point so all I can really do is give you a nice duh and plead ignorance.
HOWEVER, I've never been one to just sit back and take exploit attempts and hacks without preemptive strikes to eliminate them. This is where I am and it works nicely.
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- November 15, 2018
- The Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2018
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This day is a recognition of writers who resist the suppression of those basic rights of humanity and the freedom of expression it is supposed to contain. Each November 15 it is observed under the auspices of PEN International's Writers in Prison Committee.
As long as there have been people, there has been dissent. Some of us are quite vocal in authoring items which detail the reasons for that dissent.
For example, the treachery and subterfuge of the United States Democratic Party has placed themselves into my sights over their stealing of votes in elections, unmitigated gall in lying to the electorate, and that criminal activity in the form of harassing citizens and slander that goes with it.
Who knows, I may soon be an imprisoned writer. Like murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, I too may pay the ultimate price at the hands of some criminal democrat out to teach some cheap shot lesson or make a name for themselves as a 'tough guy' in their organization dedicated to the destruction of The Republic known as The United States of America.
The Republicans have yet to demonstrate any ability or inclination to strike back in kind at these criminals lead by the evil mouthy Maxine Waters, the decrepit lame brain Nancy Pelosi, the brigand Barack Obama and that dude he married, and the tard boy Cory Booker, et al.
The time for being polite in politics has long ended.
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- November 14, 2018
- World Diabetes Day 2018
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It's World Diabetes Day, a time to bring the disease diabetes mellitus to the foreground of that short term memory in accordance with the International Diabetes Federation.
My personal battle involves diabetes type 2 or adult onset diabetes ...
Also known as "Metabolic Syndrome X" to me as first introduced by my physician.
The day corresponds to the birthday of one Frederick Banting who was essential in the discovery of insulin along with two others in 1922.
As for me, I take the glucophage and other oral treatments and I'm afraid my control isn't "all that" but I'm squeaking by.
If I could simply stop eating my problems would go away.
I am also told that with successful completion of gastric bypass surgery a person is no longer diabetic either.
Be all of this as it may, I am what I am and it is what it is.
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- November 13, 2018
- World Kindness Day 2018
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Today is another World Kindness Day.
It is a day to recognize good deeds and positivity which includes the underlying kindness by which we bridge gaps, attain consensus, and achieve tolerance between each other.
Practice random acts of kindness and commit senseless acts of beauty whenever and wherever you may feel so inclined.
I do and it's made me a happier person.
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- November 12, 2018
- The Meaning of Meanness
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It is really a tumultuous time in which we live.
We are reaping those low hanging fruits of that which we have sowed over the years.
The steady decline in mores and secularization of the world has resulted in some distinct disadvantages for many in a nation which used to be about freedom and trust in God.
The news media have much to report in the areas of crime and other abuses that people impart to others.
Sad commentary indeed. For the main stream media selectively reports and have given rise and aided and abetted those criminals known as the democrats and progressives in the political arena. Talk about failure to serve the public interest ...
• We have children setting other children on fire over 40 dollar debts and referring to attempted murder as a 'bad decision'. • There are religious cults who force children into sexual relationships and practice levels of depravity worthy of a true sodomite -- in the name of God and religion. • Mothers who impersonate others on social networking sites to persecute the rivals of their children ... resulting in death and demise in the name of vengeance which isn't theirs. • We have those who would call themselves "men" who beat and terrorize women as though they were some draft animal they own; and would probably treat with more kindness. • There are employers who engage in a tyrannical underhanded style because they want to exploit anybody and anything regardless of the state of the economy.
That beastliness of deliberation and the associated inferior character which are the hallmarks of the spiteful and malicious acts which qualify as "mean" ... could it all really be "common" ?
What used to be primarily the purview of bullies on a school yard is rapidly becoming a societal norm evident in the distinct lack of raising we are finding in some groups of people these days.
How do I know? Been there, done that.
Yes, I used to be "mean". I used to allow my hotheadedness and selfishness to outweigh my rational decision making. There was a time when I would lash out in anger at the slightest provocation and everything was all about me.
The meaning of meanness is a lack of the fortitude to treat another as you would like to be treated. It is a deviant base instinct that the feelings of others don't matter.
It is a poor excuse for declining to engage the spiritual aspects of behavior. Meanness is the carnal manifestation of self-centricity being directed by a faulty moral compass.
When I was mean I had no respect for myself and even less for others.
At that time when I realized the value of respectability it reflected throughout all other aspects of my interaction with other people.
Life stopped being some elusive abstract destination, and assumed the role of journey and attempting to understand this paradox called human existence. I know how to act because I grew past that need for immediate gratification and it was no longer 'my way or the highway'.
I stopped constantly focusing on my needs and attempted to cultivate consideration for the needs of others.
Meanness is just another of the many frailties of the human condition. It's bad enough that some people are inclined to be mean.
The greater tragedy revolves around the victim. Being mean to another always involves a victim toward whom the meanness is directed ... the one who suffers.
Meanness is Maxine Waters, Corey Booker, the preposterous criminal Hillary Clinton, the stupid brigands Obama, the insane Nancy Pelosi, and the classic California moron Diane Feinstein.
These people will stoop to any level to attain their ends and have no concept of fairness, honesty, justice, nor the Constitution of the United States or any other aspect of the law.
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- November 11, 2018
- Veteran's Day 2018
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