Just found out Dennis Ritchie died earlier this week....
He was a co-creator in two software codes that play a part in many people daily lives.... C, the predecessor of C++ and Unix OS (which was written in C), of which Mac OS X and Linux are based on.....in OS X's case it is the backbone of that OS behind all the fancy GUI.......
Back when I was a scientist, Unix was the first operating system I became conversant in........and although I came from a Fortran background, C was a language I was getting to know very well......
rsp
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Michele Bachman and her 'gaffes' aka 'she does lie like r#$$'
Was just watching on MSNBC, the Jansing and Co. show, and Chris Jansing was speaking about some of the inaccuracies said by different candidates in the October 11th 2011 Republican Candidate debate......once again Michele Bachmann was not left out in her efforts to 'bend' the truth...
Let's stop calling them gaffes....she is lying....she must know she is lying. if she isn't she needs to just resign and stop talking.
It happens so often, and yet she continues... one would think she has learned by now that Google etc exists and people can do their own research......
Just the last debate she lied about the HPV vaccination causing mental retardation....
you can also read Bachmann vs. the truth
or
US News
or
the old truth-0-meter
Fortunately she has as much chance as I do of becoming the next president in the USA.
rsp
Let's stop calling them gaffes....she is lying....she must know she is lying. if she isn't she needs to just resign and stop talking.
It happens so often, and yet she continues... one would think she has learned by now that Google etc exists and people can do their own research......
Just the last debate she lied about the HPV vaccination causing mental retardation....
you can also read Bachmann vs. the truth
or
US News
or
the old truth-0-meter
Fortunately she has as much chance as I do of becoming the next president in the USA.
rsp
Friday, October 7, 2011
And some never learnt anything from 9/11
As Mitch Romney, who clearly can see the future somehow and already knows that he will win the Republican nomination for the 2012 election (all sarcasm intended), said today:
I think some Americans still don't get why they are so hated in parts of the world.... unbelievable....all the goodwill that may have come with the four years of Obama could easily be wiped away with this Republican version of the Al Gore Robot Template.
As wacky as he is, at least Ron Paul gets it:
rsp
I think some Americans still don't get why they are so hated in parts of the world.... unbelievable....all the goodwill that may have come with the four years of Obama could easily be wiped away with this Republican version of the Al Gore Robot Template.
As wacky as he is, at least Ron Paul gets it:
rsp
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
He made a huge difference in the world we live in....
Sadly, I just heard that Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple computer died of pancreatic cancer.......I am very saddened... Of course it wasn't entirely unexpected.... But still very sad sad news for me.... Anyone who knows me, even in some of the earlier posts of this same blog, you can tell that although I do use some Microsoft OS devices in my daily life, it was never a love affair, and my love affair with computers, my feverish love affair with computers are all tied with Apple and their products......
Yes he was infamous for his tempers etc, but he also stood for excellence..... and was an extraordinary visionary....
Mac, iPod, iPhone,iTunes and iPad...and Pixar
Our world will not be the same without him.
Apple's page of tribute to Steve
I also want to share this video:
rip steve
rsp
Yes he was infamous for his tempers etc, but he also stood for excellence..... and was an extraordinary visionary....
Mac, iPod, iPhone,iTunes and iPad...and Pixar
Our world will not be the same without him.
Apple's page of tribute to Steve
I also want to share this video:
rip steve
rsp
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Palin or Perry for President
I think it is no secret that I hope President Obama wins a second term. Times are tough and it is going to be a difficult task for him. Towards that end however, I would like support either Sarah Palin or Rick Perry as the Republican candidate for President.
As they say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I will leave you with these two gems, that I am sure most know about by now: WTF!!!!
My favourite part starts about 2:05 seconds....when I first saw this interview I was in shock.....
And for Perry, this was just embarrassing and I couldn't really watch it.
As they say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I will leave you with these two gems, that I am sure most know about by now: WTF!!!!
My favourite part starts about 2:05 seconds....when I first saw this interview I was in shock.....
And for Perry, this was just embarrassing and I couldn't really watch it.
Btw thanks...
for the person or persons who have encouraged me to blog more often again. I am one opinionated s.o.b and will have no shortage of topics :)
rsp
rsp
And that's why most people think politicians are all a pile of bleep bleep.....
All three of my parents have been politicians.. I would go so far to say that all three have been successful politicians. However that gene never came to me. I have not only never voted in my life, I have never even registered to vote.... I will go so far to say that in my lifetime there have been only three politicians I 'supported' enough to even consider voting for them, in any country in the world. Well two of them I couldn't since I am not a US citizen.
I have long since, maybe from as long back as a young child, managed to separate my views of my parents as my parents as opposed to their operations, policies, beliefs and practices as politicians.
But like many if not most people, I am very skeptical of politicians. Not all politicians mind you, I honestly do believe that some are not corrupt and really do get into the 'game of politics' to improve the welfare of others and not for personal gain.. Clearly not all are of that ilk.
Which brings me to the point of this blog.
I will start with the most recent incident.
As some may know Bruce Golding has announced that he will resign as part leader of the JLP and Prime Minister of Jamaica within the next few months....I actually honestly have very mixed views on the subject as contrary to my surname, apart from the Dudus affair I think he did a pretty decent job and quite frankly apart from one other individual in his own party, I personally don't see any other person in either party being capable of doing a better job. But that's not the point of this blog.
The opposition PNP has demanded that the JLP call elections now...
What utter crap/bullbleep/gall.....In 2006 when the Rt Honourable PJ Patterson resigned from the PNP as Party Leader and PM it was a PNP internal election that designated who would be the next prime minister of Jamaica without it ever going to a popular vote... Was there no ""so as to resolve the crisis of governance in the island." crisis of governance at that time..... It is do as I say not as I do.......It is these self serving double standards why so many people are leery of politicians and don't trust them.
The second event that comes to mind is what happened a few years ago in my home country of Guyana. The party that is now in opposition, PNC held power for well over twenty years...certainly in the last decade of those years, they set out to rewrite the constitution of Guyana and won in 'free and fair referendum' the right to do so... Key Tenets of that new constitution, were specifically constructed so as to demean and belittle the opposition party and its leaders. Of course at that time the PNC clearly envisioned there would be in power for the rest of human existence. Alas in 1992 the PPP won the elections and the PNC became the main opposition party. Of course all of a sudden they no longer liked the constitution that they themselves were the architects and constructors of, and of course vehemently and vocally demanded that key parts be changed, which was done in 1996. If that is not another clear example of do as I say not as I do, and why people in general have a great distrust of politicians, I have no idea what would be.
rsp
I have long since, maybe from as long back as a young child, managed to separate my views of my parents as my parents as opposed to their operations, policies, beliefs and practices as politicians.
But like many if not most people, I am very skeptical of politicians. Not all politicians mind you, I honestly do believe that some are not corrupt and really do get into the 'game of politics' to improve the welfare of others and not for personal gain.. Clearly not all are of that ilk.
Which brings me to the point of this blog.
I will start with the most recent incident.
As some may know Bruce Golding has announced that he will resign as part leader of the JLP and Prime Minister of Jamaica within the next few months....I actually honestly have very mixed views on the subject as contrary to my surname, apart from the Dudus affair I think he did a pretty decent job and quite frankly apart from one other individual in his own party, I personally don't see any other person in either party being capable of doing a better job. But that's not the point of this blog.
The opposition PNP has demanded that the JLP call elections now...
What utter crap/bullbleep/gall.....In 2006 when the Rt Honourable PJ Patterson resigned from the PNP as Party Leader and PM it was a PNP internal election that designated who would be the next prime minister of Jamaica without it ever going to a popular vote... Was there no ""so as to resolve the crisis of governance in the island." crisis of governance at that time..... It is do as I say not as I do.......It is these self serving double standards why so many people are leery of politicians and don't trust them.
The second event that comes to mind is what happened a few years ago in my home country of Guyana. The party that is now in opposition, PNC held power for well over twenty years...certainly in the last decade of those years, they set out to rewrite the constitution of Guyana and won in 'free and fair referendum' the right to do so... Key Tenets of that new constitution, were specifically constructed so as to demean and belittle the opposition party and its leaders. Of course at that time the PNC clearly envisioned there would be in power for the rest of human existence. Alas in 1992 the PPP won the elections and the PNC became the main opposition party. Of course all of a sudden they no longer liked the constitution that they themselves were the architects and constructors of, and of course vehemently and vocally demanded that key parts be changed, which was done in 1996. If that is not another clear example of do as I say not as I do, and why people in general have a great distrust of politicians, I have no idea what would be.
rsp
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