Monthly Archives: December 2005

dumb people

22% of American adults still think Saddam helped plan 9/11. 30% aren’t sure. Read a newspaper people.

December 29, 2005 – 1:58 pm | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Asides | Comments (0)

Good Speech from Robert F. Kennedy Jr

Good Speech from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Bush is owned by corporate interests.

December 27, 2005 – 2:01 pm | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Asides | Comments (0)

Dooce

This entry from Dooce.com had me crying with laughter

December 27, 2005 – 11:13 am | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Asides | Comments (0)

The Holidays

The last 2 weeks have been pretty mellow, which is nice. Kelli got home last night from her Alaska incursion. Saw Aeon Flux and Narnia. Both were pretty good.

Pulled all the drives from the RAID box, and used them as individual backup drives. The DVDs and new DVD writer came in, …

December 27, 2005 – 10:22 am | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Weekend Update | Comments (0)

The Pastor Who Doesn’t Believe in Hell

The Pastor Who Doesn’t Believe in Hell

December 22, 2005 – 9:39 am | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Asides | Comments (0)

Statistics about the Reagan Years

Statistics about the Reagan Years

December 21, 2005 – 4:38 pm | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Asides | Comments (0)

More Evolution and Intelligent Design

The last post was getting long, so I wanted to break out my own observations in another screed to make it easier on you.

Some people see no problem with punching religion into schools and say, hey, what’s the harm. Well, as the Discovery Institute is well aware, there are broad scientific and cultural implications …

December 21, 2005 – 3:41 pm | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Rambling, Random | Comments (6)

Dover Intelligent Design Trial

The Dover school board’s assault on science education is now officially over.

From the 139 page ruling:

The breathtaking inanity of the Board’s decision is evident when considered against the factual backdrop which has now been fully revealed through this trial. The students, parents, and teachers of the Dover Area School District deserved better than to …

December 21, 2005 – 2:03 pm | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Rambling, Random | Comments (0)

New Strategy

Okay, I’ve been thinking a lot today about how to replace the RAID and this is what I have come up with.

Sell the 5 250GB drives in the RAID box currently. Should be able to get $65 or so for each. $325

Since I already have a hot swap SATA case with 2 bays, …

December 20, 2005 – 1:20 pm | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Technology | Comments (0)

Ouch

Okay, the RAID box is officially in an unhappy place. After a wipe and reinstall yesterday, the machine froze up while transferring files. Okay, thats weird but no biggie. Start over, an hour or two later, freeze town. Hrmm, maybe it’s because the side panels are off.

Put the sides on this …

December 20, 2005 – 11:41 am | By Joe Mullins | Posted in Technology | Comments (0)