My totl.net Human virus scanner report: 9 viruses

Linux
Install the latest version of Microsoft Windows. Learn to love it.

Free BSD
The GPL isn't that bad really. Adopt a penguin at the zoo.

Junkfood
Eat some real food. Something which you can identify the source of every ingredient, not the point of manufacture.

Religion
Read "God's Debris" by Scott Adams (yes, the Dilbert guy)

8-Bit
Polygons, all the polygons you can get are not enough.

UNIX
Anything this old must be obselete. Go and install a nice modern operating system. I hear MSDOS has come a long way lately.

vi
Escape Meta Alt Control Shift.

Politics
Stop caring!

Macintosh
Use a mouse with more than one button.

Viruses I might suffer from:

Industrial (70%)
Everyone likes folk. No, really. Maybe you should listen to the Incredible String Band.

Discordia (90%)
Buy a suit. Invest your money. Eat hotdog buns on a friday.

X11 (60%)
I hear Mac OS 10 Aqua is nice at this time of year.

Computer Games (90%)
Stop staring at the screen and get some fresh air. You should see a doctor about the RSI in your thumbs.

Conspiracy Theory (68%)
Face it, the elected government is in control. Actually that's quite scary.

Hippyism (80%)
Free love is passe and potentially dangerous, and patchouli smells like cat piss.

Environmentalism (63%)
Consume more stuff! It's easier to buy new stuff than to recycle.

British (65%)
No need for cure. Benign virus.

TotL.net Human Virus Scanner

New versions of US Amendments

Miguel notes that Jesus' General has fixed the amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

SomaFM

SomaFM is a major contributor to my work-related well-being. I really should give them some money.

Linux distributions, bloggers, and other aggregators

Luis notes interesting similarities between blogging and other forms of "remixable commons-based culture":

"As long as licenses are respected, for-profit content aggregation (into a software distribution, a web-based blog aggregator, or whatever) is generally acceptable. If creators don't personally find it acceptable, the onus is likely on them to choose an appropriate license. The aggregators which are perceived to give the most back to the communities and individuals they draw from are likely to be most popular, at least among opinion leaders."

This sounds plausible, but notwithstanding hypotheses concerning the differences between Sun, Red Hat and, say, Ubuntu, proper concepts are lacking. This calls for study.

Winter

Went home for Christmas. They had a real winter there.

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