Comments for Bella Gerens

Comment on A dumbass writes by NielsR

NielsR — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:22:57 +0000

Ooooh, wait, I know this one – our Keith is clearly not running a business, therefore there is no contradiction.

But enough philosophy, let’s get back to talking about me, me, me and me.

Comment on A critique of the left by the left by Oswald Thake

Oswald Thake — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 06:34:19 +0000

Thanks for this post, Bella. It’s been a long wait, but well worth it for this!

Comment on The United States federal government is a stupid asshole by Chris Fleming

Chris Fleming — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 18:55:47 +0000

On the surface, I agree.

But perhaps they do have a point, the point is they don’t know how long they’re going to be off for, and unattented bit rot will start to set in, from servers crashing, databases and disks filling up to hardware failures things will start to fail, as well as patching and all that stuff.

Also add to that human interventions, for example now would be a good time to start a Denial of service attack which often need human intervention to prevent.

Comment on The United States federal government is a stupid asshole by drsolly

drsolly — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:03:50 +0000

I run a bunch of web sites. There’s stuff that needs doing to one or another of them, pretty much every day. If those web sites allow comments, then someone has to be there to remove any that violate the law. If there’s a way to get technical support, then someone has to be there to give it. If anything on the web site is found to be seriously in error (for example, giving the wrong advice) then it has to be correected

The problem these people had, is that funding was cut, and they can’t know when it will come back. Or even if it ever will! So, there’s a last day on which your technical people get paid to come into work, and after that day, no more techies. It makes sense to me that the management would tell the techies, on that last day, “Put up a closed notice”.

Yes, the US government are dickheads for getting themselves into this mess.

And they don’t run the free world.

Comment on 50 things to do before you snuff it by Leg-iron

Leg-iron — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 01:53:03 +0000

1,2, never.. Not a chance.
3, done. In the north of Scotland, the damn things keep you awake some nights.
4 – did a bit. No way I’d ever do all of it but I stood on it once and that counts.
5 – some years away but getting there.
6, 7 – not interested. Where did 8 go?
9 – done, a cure for all intestinal disease, but never telling anyone what it is until the smoking ban is gone.
10, 12, 13, meh, but 11, oh yes indeed.
14 – does banjo count?
15-23 – don’t care.
24 – done. Two published. I was going to do this when I retired and now I don’t know what to do when I retire. Stay drunk, probably. Or maybe try class A drugs.

From there on it’s either ‘don’t care’ or ‘definitely not’.

The only mission left in life is to find out what No. 8 was.

Comment on The United States federal government is a stupid asshole by SimonFa

SimonFa — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 06:58:46 +0000

And the fact that they have a page up means the the Government is still paying for the hosting, so where’s the saving meant to be?

Welcome back, BTW, your regular presence is sorely missed.

Comment on The United States federal government is a stupid asshole by The Cowboy Online

The Cowboy Online — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:04:47 +0000

Yeah, I’d noticed all those “these websites aren’t available” screenshots and had the same thoughts. Well, come on, if those notices weren’t posted how would those responsible make the general public aware of how necessary they are?

Comment on The United States federal government is a stupid asshole by CC Truckston

CC Truckston — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 10:20:49 +0000

It’s just typical for the guys in the government: a Game of Stones.

Comment on 50 things to do before you snuff it by Andrew Duffin

Andrew Duffin — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:17:45 +0000

I can tick 3,5,14,16,23,38,41,and 45.

Most of the rest I couldn’t be bothered with (Gorillas? What’s the big deal?) or would actively avoid (Las Vegas, anything Disney, anything Harry Potter, in fact anything at all in Florida, etc).

It’s all very US-centric as usual.

Comment on 50 things to do before you snuff it by james Higham

james Higham — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:55:19 +0000

Sail around the world?