Archive for January, 2009

Don’t tempt me Frodo

Posted: January 6, 2009 by datechguy in tech
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Looking at the posts at Instapundit concerning Netbooks for under $400 all I can do is drool.

The big feature to me is still getting XP. One Glenn quote tell the story of Vista in a nutshell:

I like the mini-Note line, though the one I tested had Vista which slowed it down considerably.

That’s Vista all over.

My Picks

Posted: January 6, 2009 by datechguy in baseball
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The Baseball Hall of fame voting is coming up the only shoo-in on the list is Rickey Henderson. Of the remaining people on the list only David Cone and Mark Grace even deserve a thought and that thought would be brief.

As for the people already on the list Harold Baines, Bert Blyleven, Andre Dawson. Tommy John, Don Mattingly, Jack Morris, Dale Murphy, Dave Parker, Tim Raines, Jim Rice, Lee Smith and Alan Trammell. Other than Parker and Baines and perhaps Mattingly there isn’t anyone on the list that would be a bad choice. There are currently people in the Hall less worthy than any one of them. Personally I’d vote of Blyleven, Dawson and perhaps Rice and Murphy. Jack Morris is a tough call for me but still a no. So is Trammell

Ironically if I had to pick a starter for a single game from the list above that I had to win; it would be Morris. Likewise if I needed one hit at one critical at bat from the list, my choice would be Baines.

Simple ways to prove me wrong

Posted: January 6, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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My provocative statement concerning the left and Jews is not going over well with some. My follow up considering Nordlinger’s position is still being considered by me, but there are very simple steps that the left can do to prove me wrong right away:

  • Condemn the rocket attacks by Hamas on Israel that led to the current war.
  • Condemn groups within their own coalition that call for the destruction of Israel
  • Condemn groups that call for the death of Jews
  • Exclude groups from “anti-war” marches that call for either the destruction of Israel or the murder of Jews
  • On left leaning blogs comment condemning those who call for either the death of Jews, the destruction of Israel or advocate violence against the Jews.  I don’t call for banning such commentators unless such statements contravene the particular blog’s guidelines.  Speech whenever possible should be answered with speech.
  • This must be done in the same public manor and with the same volume that you condemn Israel, Bush or America.

If the left can do this then that would certainly prove me wrong.  I would be delighted to see it.  A great example of this on the right is at Little Green Footballs which has taken an awful lot of grief for rejecting any alliance with Vlaams Belang even to combat Jihad.

More Palin hatred

Posted: January 6, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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Yup they still hate her:

Palin, however, has done nothing remotely like what these other political ner-do-wells have done. She did not take bribes, she did not indulge in sexual dalliances with co-workers or call girls, she did not get booted from her party or lose her job as Governor. She is not under indictment nor does she face jail time, yet CNN includes her in a list with Rob Blagojevich, John Edwards, Kwame Kilpatrick, Larry Langford, Tim Maloney, Elliot Spitzer and Ted Stevens.

Gretta Van Susteren is outraged:

CNN thinks Governor Palin is like these guys? one of these guys? is that fair? Let’s KEEP CNN HONEST…is this right? post your comment…

The comment area is now gone but blog after blog after blog have weighed in. Resulting in her removal from the list but no acknowledgment of it.

CNN forget that the net never forgets. This type of edit without a correction is Bad form. I’ll say it again; God they must hate her!