obama? no thanks

You might think that the news that certain prominent Republicans are supporting Barack Obama would be a good thing.  But when a PNAC co-founder switches teams because he loved one of Obama's speeches, i find that very worrisome.

In his speech, Obama called for an increase in defence spending and an extra 65,000 soldiers and 27,000 marines to "stay on the offense" against terrorism and ensure America had "the strongest, best-equipped military in the world".  He talked about building democracies, stopping weapons of mass destruction and the right to take unilateral action to protect US "vital interests" if necessary, as well as the importance of building alliances.

I'd like to find a copy of that particular speech, but i doubt there's any amount of context that would make the above sound like a good idea.  Whatever chance there was that i'd vote for Obama has vanished.

obama? no thanks

You might think that the news that certain prominent Republicans are supporting Barack Obama would be a good thing.  But when a PNAC co-founder switches teams because he loved one of Obama's speeches, i find that very worrisome.

In his speech, Obama called for an increase in defence spending and an extra 65,000 soldiers and 27,000 marines to "stay on the offense" against terrorism and ensure America had "the strongest, best-equipped military in the world".  He talked about building democracies, stopping weapons of mass destruction and the right to take unilateral action to protect US "vital interests" if necessary, as well as the importance of building alliances.

I'd like to find a copy of that particular speech, but i doubt there's any amount of context that would make the above sound like a good idea.  Whatever chance there was that i'd vote for Obama has vanished.

we're all professionals here

It's a little difficult to track down errors in your application when, given three integration servers and four QA servers, no two servers have the same Java and Oracle memory settings.

we're all professionals here

It's a little difficult to track down errors in your application when, given three integration servers and four QA servers, no two servers have the same Java and Oracle memory settings.

remember, kids, the 'l' in ldap stands for 'lightweight', not 'lolzors'

jdev: ... and of course LDAP will solve any problem you might possibly have.
allbery: No, no, LDAP just provides a framework in which ways to talk about the solutions of all the problems you might possibly have can be meaningfully discussed.

remember, kids, the 'l' in ldap stands for 'lightweight', not 'lolzors'

jdev: ... and of course LDAP will solve any problem you might possibly have.
allbery: No, no, LDAP just provides a framework in which ways to talk about the solutions of all the problems you might possibly have can be meaningfully discussed.

soccer report

I haven't played in two Fridays; last week was a bye, and the week before that was The Drift's concert, so i told the team i couldn't make it.  The game before that, Centavo lost to Wilson Sport, 15-6.  We did all right in the first half, but the fact that we had four new players really caught up with us, and our defense was terrible.  To make matters worse, i let the fact that our defense wasn't playing well get to me, and i effectively stopped playing hard and let a few soft goals in because i didn't care.  Their last goal was scored by a guy who took a shot, unopposed, from midfield, and despite me knowing what he was doing, he still put it in the exact spot he wanted, just out of my reach.  The game i missed, we only lost 8-2 to Atlas, so maybe the team doesn't need me after all.  I hope we all do better this Friday (and i hope i'm not rusty).

soccer report

I haven't played in two Fridays; last week was a bye, and the week before that was The Drift's concert, so i told the team i couldn't make it.  The game before that, Centavo lost to Wilson Sport, 15-6.  We did all right in the first half, but the fact that we had four new players really caught up with us, and our defense was terrible.  To make matters worse, i let the fact that our defense wasn't playing well get to me, and i effectively stopped playing hard and let a few soft goals in because i didn't care.  Their last goal was scored by a guy who took a shot, unopposed, from midfield, and despite me knowing what he was doing, he still put it in the exact spot he wanted, just out of my reach.  The game i missed, we only lost 8-2 to Atlas, so maybe the team doesn't need me after all.  I hope we all do better this Friday (and i hope i'm not rusty).