Year: 2012
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Interesting Pricing Policy
So it costs more to bu the virtual-only MP3 version than it does to buy the physical version?? Read more
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Thank god it’s only once every four years…*
Today I checked off another one of the tasks on my ‘Americanization’ list (note how I used a zee there!) by voting in a presidential election – a right conferred upon only U.S. Citizens (I naturalized in 2009), and only taken away if you’re a convicted felon (which I’m not). But as noted in previous posts, they really should be a bit more selective, as there are a lot of stupid people who really shouldn’t be allowed to vote, judging by the number of slack-jawed, shoddily-dressed dimwits trying to get into the polling station through the out door despite the… Read more
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Google Auto-racism!
Outstanding job by Google Translate: “Negerlijst” in Dutch (blacklist) is translated to “Nigger List”! Read more
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Fun With Servers – Part 1*
A couple of years ago, for the fun of it, I wrote a book on UPK 3.5. The latest version of UPK (11.1) has now been available for several months, and although my current client doesn’t have it yet, I keep getting asked for an update to my book. Also, in the spirit of being a true ‘consultant’, I thought I’d better stay at least one step ahead of my client, who are upgrading soon, and learn about UPK 11 before I need to teach them about it. UPK 11.1 can run as a stand-alone product on a single PC,… Read more
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Welcome to the wonderful world of consulting
Good job Outlook is there to remind me how crappy the world of consulting really is… Read more