Archive for March, 2007

Dear Answer Dude:

Q: I walk a lot, and rather enjoy it. However, many drivers seem annoyed at my right to use a crosswalk, and frequently flip me off for having the gonads to cross the road while they are trying to shift gears and dial their cell phone. What can I do to make the world a safer place for pedestrians?

A: This is a common problem, and while tempting, violence isn’t the answer. Sure, carrying a Louisville Slugger on your walks and laying a Mark Mcguire size beating on the motoring public is an option. But there are more peaceful ways. What we want to do is change these drivers habits. Here is what you do - Get the license plate number, then search the net until you find an address linked to the plate. Using that address and an anonymous server, order up a bunch of nasty, nasty porn to be delivered to the driver’s house. Any relationship in place will deteriorate. The offensive driver will develop a drug and alcohol problem, lose their job and their home, and move out of you neighbourhood. The streets will be safe once again.

Q: I have some vegetarian friends, and they can be kinda annoying and self righteous. What can I do?

A: Be patient. When the next comet hits, they will be the first to go. If we learned anything from the dinosaurs, it is that fallen comrades are an excellent source of protein. Keep your veggie friends close, and feed them an extra bunch of carrots once in while to ensure yourself an adequate food source in the event of an intergalactic singularity. Eat fast though, as the ensuing ice age will freeze your ass off and you will become oil for whoever comes along a few hundred thousand years later.

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P2P:
This Pando thing is intriguing. I read up on it and thought this would flourish with mobile computing, but would need wi-fi. Then I see the Googlephone. The future is looking pretty cool right about now.

Traffic:
I shared something I found amusing, and months later it has driven 84% of my traffic for the past three days.

Databases:
Back ‘em up! I lost a month and a half of stuff due to a plugin malfunction.

Magazines:
Hakin9 is an uber-geeky ‘puter mag out of Poland. Top notch, well organized and well explained content make the faltering translation
tolerable.

Mental_floss provides a refreshing collection of relatively un-necessary but interesting stuff info every issue. Wifey likes it so much she ordered
all the back issues.

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How else do you explain the latest quicktime update?

It crippled embedded video, youtube, and google video. This is a very un-mac moment.

I have been busy the past week or two, so this may not be news to the rest of the world. Just in case it is, here is what I’ve found out so far:

Some suggestions at Macfixit.

Mozillazine has info for FF and PC users.

For re-install attempts, more resources at macupdate.com

I’ve yet to attempt a fix, mostly because I’m tired and cranky. Measure twice, cut once and all that kinda stuff, y’know……

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